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Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of An Empire
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Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of An Empire Trade paperback - 2007

by Simon Baker

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BBC Physical Audio, July 2007. Trade Paperback. Very Good - Cash. Minor rubbing and edge wear to cover, with light reader wear to pages. Still great condition. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.
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  • Title Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of An Empire
  • Author Simon Baker
  • Binding Trade Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Very Good - Cash
  • Pages 448
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher BBC Physical Audio, U.S.A.
  • Date July 2007
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 1043701
  • ISBN 9781846072840 / 1846072840
  • Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.6 x 4.9 x 1.3 in (19.30 x 12.45 x 3.30 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Cultural Region: Italy
  • Library of Congress subjects Rome - History, Rome - History - Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D
  • Dewey Decimal Code 937.06

From the publisher

Simon Baker read Classics at Oxford University. In 1999 he joined the BBC’s History Unit where he has worked on Timewatch and a wide range of programmes about the classical world. He is the Development Producer on the BBC One series Ancient Rome — The Rise and Fall of an Empire.

Mary Beard is a Professor of Classics at Cambridge University and a Fellow of Newnham College. She has written widely on the history and culture of the ancient (and modern) world.

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Media reviews

“Rome is revealed as it really was – gritty, magnificent and sometimes pretty sordid. Splendid stuff.”
–Manchester Evening News

“Brings the distant past to fully fleshed life.”
–The Good Book Guide

“Highly recommended.”
–Birmingham Evening Mail

“An entertaining but rigorous antidote to the fast-and-loose-with-the-truth approach.”
–Radio Times

Citations

  • Library Journal, 01/15/2009, Page 103

About the author

Simon Baker is a member of the BBC's award-winning History Unit where he has worked on a wide range of programs about the classical world. He was the development producer on the series Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire.

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