Roman Empire by Isaac Asimov (1967-06-05)

by Isaac Asimov

Book Overview

World renowned author Isaac Asimov surveys the history of the Roman Empire from 30 BC to 476 AD, a 500 year period during which the heritage of Roman Law and Christianity developed. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B01MSK28HB
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Juv)
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great writing, but a little slanted

This is a VERY well-written, entertaining history of the Roman Empire. It does have some factual errors. A serious flaw is that Asimov apparently harbors some hostility towards Christianity, so much so that he allows his opinion to cloud historical facts. This is unfortunate, as it mars the latter half of his book. Even so, the writing is such that I am giving him 4 stars.

The Roman Empire - Good book

When I picked up this book I thought that Isaac Asimov was a scifi guy, not historian. By the time I was finished reading the book though, my thinking had changed.Information is presented in just the right amount of detail. It doesn't read like a textbook, but it scope is broad, and yet he was able to zoom in on certain interesting points of minutia.All in all, for general information, this book is tops.