Terry Jones' Barbarians
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Terry Jones (author)
Alan Ereira (author)
Terry Jones’ Barbarians takes a completely fresh approach to Roman history. This is the story of the Roman Empire as seen by the Britons, Gauls, Germans, Hellenes, Persians, and Africans. In place of the propaganda pushed on us by the Romans, we’ll see these people as they really were. The...
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Terry Jones’ Barbarians takes a completely fresh approach to Roman history. This is the story of the Roman Empire as seen by the Britons, Gauls, Germans, Hellenes, Persians, and Africans. In place of the propaganda pushed on us by the Romans, we’ll see these people as they really were. The Vandals didn’t vandalizethe Romans did. The Goths didn’t sack Romethe Romans did. Traversing the landscape of the Roman Empire, Terry Jones brings wit, irreverence, and the very latest scholarship to transform a history that seemed well past its sell-date.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780563493181 (0563493186)
Publish date: May 1st 2006
Publisher: BBC Books
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Perfectly well-researched and smart, but the history is difficult to follow because Jones jumps around so much.I read most of this book while sitting around on jury duty.
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