The First Man In Rome
January 11th, 2010If you dug the miniseries ROME then I highly recommend you find this book.
The First Man in Rome focuses mainly on the rival factions of the Roman senate during the republican years (circa 100bc) and the meteoric rise of Gaius Marcus who was repeatedly named “The First Man in Rome” due to his success as a general during the African revolt and then for defending Rome against the German hoarde.
There’s plenty of “common man” soap opera to keep it, well, common, but damn Colleen McCulloch really did her homework. You’ll learn a lot about how Rome worked as well as how they could eventually bungle it so badly that even an uncouth tribe of filth from the backwaters of europe could finally bring down the eternal city.
But that’s a story for another book…
COURTNEY TAYLOR-TAYLOR
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Commandante Zero says: Courtney you should seek out “Bugles And The Tiger” by John Masters. First hand account by a former british Army officer who was in the last British empire campaign in Afghanistan in the mid 1930′s. If “W” had read this book before committing US troops in Afghanistan things would be different now (No they wouldn’t as he’s a stubborn @ssmeg). Details the neccesity to respect the ancient Afghan culture if you have any hope of surviving as a foreigner there. Thrilling read and a book EVERY US soldier should read before being sent to Afghanistan. And now back to the revolution……..
