Review: The Roman Revolution
User Review - Simon Harrison - GoodreadsDense, very tough going at times (Syme apologises in the introduction for the sections which are lists of names) but very rewarding. Knowing Latin would have helped. Read full review
Review: The Roman Revolution
User Review - Bill - GoodreadsJackbooted Romans. Written in a fascist era. Read full review
Review: The Roman Revolution
User Review - Chris - GoodreadsSyme's The Roman Revolution is absolutely first rate interpretive history: exhaustive in its detail, but in the best of ways, particularly in that the learned and opinionated author serves as the ... Read full review
Review: The Roman Revolution
User Review - Satam Choudhury - GoodreadsAs I headed to the finis, Tom Holland's book Rubicon had successfully kindled a spirit within. The theme was familiar, the vein prophetic. Caesar's heir Augustus assumed the throne, there was a ... Read full review
Review: The Roman Revolution
User Review - Michael - GoodreadsActually rereading this now: so savage, so very great. Read full review
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User Review - Kacie Crane - GoodreadsSo dense Read full review
Review: The Roman Revolution
User Review - Ross Robson - GoodreadsIt reads like a thriller but better Read full review
Review: The Roman Revolution
User Review - J Quiles - GoodreadsAt times it reads like a concatenation of the élite, however, it is a very erudite work. Read full review
Review: The Roman Revolution
User Review - AJ Howard - GoodreadsFull review to come, but quick thought. Syme has me convinced that Octavian/Caesar/Augustus should be considered one of the most successful revolutionary leaders of all time, which has me thinking ... Read full review
Review: The Roman Revolution
User Review - Bonnie_blu - GoodreadsFirst published in 1937, "The Roman Revolution" was a ground-breaking masterpiece that forever changed how historians look at ancient Rome. Some of Syme's conclusions were extremely controversial for ... Read full review
