Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Taken at the Flood: The Roman Conquest of Greece by Robin Waterfield (nonfiction 2014)

Part of Oxford's Ancient Warfare and Civilization series, this book covers the years 229 to 146 BCE.  Although it is scholarly, it is fairly easy to follow with a mostly coherent narrative.  One quibble was the abrupt transition from a completely warlike characterization of the Roman Senate to a point when they supposedly didn't have to bother going to war, which was not fully explained.

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