THE ROMANS: AN INTRODUCTION
Covers more than twelve hundred years of the history, religion, social life, and literature of Rome and its empire.
Chapter by chapter reading list (updated 2006).
Extracts in new translations from Latin and Greek authors of the times.
50 illustrations.
Kamm writes with sensitivity, intelligence and vitality. He tells a good story and is remarkably un-stuffy. . . . He allows the Romans to speak for themselves whenever possible and his familiarity with English literature prompts a number of happy comparisons. . . . The gusto of the writing and the sweep of the narrative will enthuse all but the most dour reader.
Journal of the Association of Classical Teachers
A valuable work of introduction and reference that anybody would be happy to possess.
Classics Ireland
As well as selecting and summarizing, Kamm has found space for considerable incidental detail which adds much to the book’s appeal. This is no dry epitome reduced to bare bones, for he presents numerous quotations from an interestingly wide range of ancient authors and repeatedly includes the particular individual, story, or details, which convey the flavour in a way which the mere accumulation of facts and generalizations would not.
The Classical Review
Published 1995 by Routledge (a member of the Taylor and Francis Group).
Tenth reprint, with revisions, 2006.
Paperback (978-0-415-1204-1) 240 pages.
List price UK £16.99, USA $30.95
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