The Vandals didn't vandalize-the Romans did. The Goths didn't sack Rome-the 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. Signed by the author - as shown. This item will be dispatched to UK addresses via second class post within 2 working days of receipt of your order. Any additional courier charges will be applied at checkout as they vary depending on delivery address.
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Please try again later. Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. Terry Jones gleefully sets a torch to the Romans' reputation as the great civilizers of the ancient world. Just start with the rich irony of the spectacle of the gladiatorial games - Rome's national pasttime, being an orgy of murder and death, replayed over and over for centuries. The right of this society to call others "barbarians" is laughable, but the problem is, they were victorious for so long that they managed to wipe the record clean of exactly who their opponents were, what those societies and civilizations were like, what they achieved.
And the Romans had this wonderful habit of taking all the innovations, technology, and cultural refinements from other peoples and act as if the Romans had invented it all. I mean, what can we really find out about the Huns, the Celts, the Goths and Vandals?
There are some clues out there and it's eye-opening, with a lot of Roman perpetuated myths exploded.
And the very great question: Jones may not be an accredited historian exactly, but he sure has a talent for sniffing out the BS and absurdities that still somehow survive in the Roman's all too successful attempts to paint themselves as the good guys. Nothing really new or surprising, but a much-needed overall view of the egregious falsehoods perpetrated by Roman and Early Church "historians. The "Pax" was, in reality, brutal oppression, a pretext for Rome's rapacious governors to tax and steal what they could from the annexed territories. Their commanders, with some few exceptions, such as Ventidius, were conscienceless killers, with about the same capacity for empathy as Hitler or Stalin.
If "The Great," was attached to your name, it is a sure sign that you were a butcher. Pompey Magnus, Constantine the Great, Charlemagne. The book has much to offer.
Ereira mentions the Marian reforms that ultimately turned citizen soldiers into the professional killers called "Marius' Mules," and the tremendous advantage gained by combining the professionally-trained and led legions with engineering corps. The hypocrisy of the "Pax Romana," Constantine's profound political insight to reorganize and preserve the Roman Empire by utilizing the Church's organizational apparatus.
The bloody internecine fighting of the early Church that surpasses even the ferocity of the sectarian warfare of today's Islam. The intolerance, the ruthlessness, the willingness to lie, the absence of mercy and empathy, of the early Church is mind-numbing.
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But, weren't the Jews also the "other," that is, don't they fit the Roman concept of Barbarians? Why are they exempted? Where are Pompey's, Vespasian's and Titus's exploits in Judea mentioned? Their failed efforts to extirpate a people, just as Rome did to the Dacians and many others. Where is a discussion of how those rampages forever affected Middle Eastern history? I'm not sure why, but it certainly would have extended the book. One person found this helpful.
An interesting but simplistic and often flawed approach to the civilizations that challenged and eventually brought down the Western Roman Empire.