Roma - Steven Saylor

The Czar · Post by **The Czar** » Sun August 21st, 2011, 3:22 am

Just downloaded this on my kindle. Anybody like it? I am hoping for a historical look through the history of Rome, monarchy, Reupublic, Empire, Fall of Empire kind of thing.

How is it?

lauragill · Post by **lauragill** » Sun August 21st, 2011, 4:49 am

[quote=""The Czar""]Just downloaded this on my kindle. Anybody like it? I am hoping for a historical look through the history of Rome, monarchy, Reupublic, Empire, Fall of Empire kind of thing.

How is it?[/quote]

Roma is through the early history, monarchy, and Republic of Rome. But it's a very good read. The sequel, Empire, goes from Augustus through Hadrian.

sweetpotatoboy · Post by **sweetpotatoboy** » Sun August 21st, 2011, 8:48 am

I enjoyed it when I read two or three years ago. Haven't read the sequel yet.

It's very much modelled on the Michener/Rutherfurd framework for a historical novel, loosely following one family across the centuries. It feels somewhat light but highly readable.

fljustice · Post by **fljustice** » Sun August 21st, 2011, 5:12 pm

I read and reviewed it last year. Liked it better than the sequel. Very much in the vein of Michner; each "chapter" is a short story/novelette linked by location and family covering 1000 years from myth to historical times.

The Czar · Post by **The Czar** » Thu August 25th, 2011, 1:37 am

Hmm. I've never really liked the Michner/Rutherford method. I'll give it a shot though, as I want to learn about the monarchy/early republic.

I'm getting a bit burned out on ancient rome right now though, think I may put "Niccolo Rising" at the top of the queue when I finish "Claudius the God."