![]() ![]() Before reading this book, I found it very hard to know how different events in the history of Rome were related to each other, but thanks to SPQR I finally got the overview I was looking for! The author offers a general outline of the Roman history from the period of the Roman kings in the eighth century BC until the year 212 AD, when all the inhabitants of the Roman Empire were granted the Roman citizenship by the emperor Caracalla. ![]() Review by Leonie (Classical Archaeology and Ancient History)Īfter having seen an episode of Mary Beard’s documentary series Meet the Romans at school – which I highly recommend as well, especially if you want to visualize the archaeological remains at Rome – I decided to read her book SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome. ![]()
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