Book Review: Tom Holland’s “Rubicon”: words and dirt.
Rubicon by Tom Holland, is a historical narrative of the Roman Republic. Holland’s thesis for the entire book is, “We are also, for good as well as ill, the heirs of the Roman Republic”. What Holland means is America has inherited every aspect of Roman culture; the good and the bad.
Rubicon: The Last Years of The Roman Republic In the non-fictional book Rubicon: The Last Years of The Roman Republic written by Tom Holland, the author discusses several problems that of Ancient Rome faced, which led to the fall of the Roman Republic. While reading this book.
Tom Holland, author of “Rubicon” understands this. Published in 2005 by First Anchor Books, Holland’s purpose is informative. He does not want to persuade anyone but to keep the story of the old Rome alive. Holland’s tells the story of Rome in a way that brings back the republic.
Tom Holland's academic credentials are flawless: he's a graduate of both Oxford and Cambridge as well as an acclaimed radio personality and author. In his fourth book, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic, Holland charts the decline of the Roman Republic, anticipating the age of emperors ushered in when Julius Caesar, then governor of Gaul, commanded his loyal legions to march on Rome.
Tom Holland’s Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic makes it easy to understand why the fall of Rome still animates the imaginations of contemporary scholars and history enthusiasts. Striking a deft balance between erudition and accessibility, Holland’s narrative is replete with lush sensory details that bring the Roman Republic’s last century to life.
In Rubicon, Gordianus is thrust into a murder investigation in the simplest fashion: the dead man is found garroted in Gordianus’ own garden. The victim happens to be the cousin of Pompey the.
Tom Holland brings to life this strange and unsettling civilization, with its extremes of ambition and self-sacrifice, bloodshed and desire. Yet alien as it was, the Republic still holds up a mirror to us.
Tom Holland's Rubicon is a magnificent overview of the end of the Roman Republic. The times were turbulent and dangerous, full of risk, adventure, tragedy and conflict. The men and women who shaped these times were powerful, energetic and filled with such life-force it is no wonder they have lived in the imagination for two thousand years.
Tom Holland is an award-winning historian, author and broadcaster. He is the author of Rubicon: The Triumph and the Tragedy of the Roman Republic, which won the Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History and was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize; Persian Fire, his history of the Graeco-Persian wars, won the Anglo-Hellenic League's Runciman Award in 2006; Millennium: The End of the World and the.
Tom Holland is an award-winning historian, biographer and broadcaster. He is the author of Rubicon: The Triumph and the Tragedy of the Roman Republic, which won the Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History and was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize; Persian Fire, his history of the Graeco-Persian wars, won the Anglo-Hellenic League’s Runciman Award in 2006; Millennium: The End of the World.
Meritocracy is where there is a ruling of the educated and skilled, the power held was equal to the ability of a person. Within the book Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland there were some instances where it highlights such things being portrayed, as there were common men who would come into higher power through their skills and abilities.
Tom Holland is an award-winning historian, biographer and broadcaster. He is the author of Rubicon: The Triumph and the Tragedy of the Roman Republic, which won the Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History and was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize; Persian Fire his history of the Graeco-Persian wars, won the Anglo-Hellenic League's Runciman Award in 2006; Millennium: The End of the World and.
Author and historian Tom Holland returns to his roots in Roman history and the audience he cultivated with Rubicon - his masterful, witty, brilliantly researched popular history of the fall of the Roman republic - with Dynasty, a luridly fascinating history of the reign of the first five Roman emperors.
