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File Size: 4666 KB
Print Length: 464 pages
Publisher: Anchor (December 18, 2007)
Publication Date: December 18, 2007
Sold by: Random House LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B0012RMVEI
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I really love history, but I don't think I've read any before that was this well written and engrossing. Tom Holland has a gift for storytelling matched by few that really puts you in the thick of things. Even more impressive is the way he crafted the narrative by exclusively relying on primary sources. It really makes me want to read the classics. Aside from learning so much about Roman history, I also was constantly drawing mental parallels between the book and current political developments, as I'm sure many others have. Highly recommended to people who like history, but also to those less inclined because this book is far from boring.
In this book, Holland does a marvelous job of taking the reader through not only what happened in @ the last 100 years of the republic as a real Roman state, but also what was going on in the minds of its principal actors in the process. History is a peculiar thing. It usually seeks only to tell what happened and who did it, and maybe why, but Holland has taken the admittedly risky tactic of taking the reader into the minds of the principal actors in a way that is refreshing and, in my opinion, fascinating and very much illustrative of what made Rome, Rome. It brings into sharp focus how the values and ethics (what there was of them) shaped the republic, and eventually wound up bringing it down. He does not take the stance of trying to instruct the reader, but allows the reader to see the reasonings at work on all sides. This, along with his writing style, make the book one you just don't want to put down. I read until 2:00 a.m. one night! It's a captivating tale, made all the moreso by Holland's writing style and his insights into the minds of the actors involved in every major event. It reads more like an adventure novel than a book on history!It helped me understand why Christianity came along just when it did, and why the timing was so right for the world at that time. It makes Biblical stories more understandable when the motives and morals of the Romans are understood more fully. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in Roman history, world history, politics, philosophy, and in Christianity. It's truly pregnant with insights, and easy to read and understand. I loved it!
I like historical writing that is fast-paced, hard to put down, and memorable; this book is not that. Although Tom Holland seems to have a lot of dedicated followers, his books are not as remarkable as the reviews indicate. The style tends to be quite flowery, and I found I sometimes had to re-read sentences, which really slowed down the pace of reading this book. For the best quality narrative historical writing, I much prefer the works of Robert K. Massie.This book is also not a "big picture" book. I would not recommend it as an introduction to the history of Ancient Rome, because it limits itself to a short time period in the late Republic. It would be a better book if it provided the broader context of Ancient Rome before jumping into its sometimes confusing narrative.On the positive side, "Rubicon" provides rich details on a very important time period in Ancient Roman history. If you are fascinated by Marius, Sulla, Lucullus, Spartacus, Caesar and their contemporaries, this book will interest you.
Great book and packed with information, but I feel that to get the most out of it the reader must come with a more than passing level of knowledge about the time period. I found myself constantly looking to Wikipedia or some other source for background information or context for people and locations in the book.
An excellent read on the lead up to Julius Caesar's fateful decision to cross the Rubicon, and of the events that immediately followed. Essentially, from Sulla's dictatorship to Augustus' victory. Holland explores the politics, but also the social elements in play, as well as the personalities of the men and women on this pivotal stage in Roman history.Unlike some historians, Holland's prose is anything but dry. He captures the essence of what it meant to the Romans to be Roman, and what the motivations likely were for all of the involved parties as they played out this real human drama. Very well done!
"Rubicon" covers all the key players and events in the fall of the Roman Republic. It is written in a very readable and engaging manner, and Tom Holland does an admirable job bringing all of the characters to life. Since there are a lot of written sources of the time period, this is possible, but really what you get are Tom Holland's vividly portrayed perspective of the primary sources. Another historian almost undoubtedly views any number of the characters quite differently. Hopefully, "Rubicon" motivates you to read those sources yourself. I deducted one star because I found his writing a bit too hyperbolic, but then he is describing some of history's strongest characters.
Holland is one of the better writers currently working on Ancient times. He openly discusses the challenges of writing about this period and tells the stories using the best evidence available without getting hung up, as many do, with equivocations in every sentence. Holland brings the people and events to life while maintaining historical accuracy.I would not recommend this book to someone who does not have some background in the late Republic period. Holland focuses on the Sulla/Pompey/Caesar period. Unfortunately, as a result, Marius is primarily depicted as a crazy old man. Lacking the back story on Marius, it would be difficult to put Sulla into true perspective. It's a tough choice to determine where to begin the story of the end of the Republic but I would have preferred that the author start back with the Gracchus brothers and the rise of Marius.
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