The First Man in Rome | 
Not quite book related, but here‘s my daughter today at the Roman Forum, which is where parts of the first chapter of the book is taking place
When I chose to read this ebook I knew that somewhere I had the enormous chunkster. And thank heavens I do. The glossary in the ebook was so lengthy that it was practically useless. So this will serve as my reference guide because it‘s just too heavy to read and hopefully I‘ll have enough figured out before I need to go to Rome without it.
Today was daughter‘s 1st full day in Rome to start her studies there & she took this photo today of Circus Maximus
“Circus Maximus The old circus built by King Tarquinius Priscus before the Republic began. It filled the whole of the Vallis Murcia, between the Palatine and Aventine mounts. It held somewhere between 100,000 and 150,000 people, even in Republican times; during the Republic, only Roman citizens were admitted.”
The first of what I suspect will be many maps. Ok so here we are at 30 BC! Fun!!
I‘m almost certainly biting off more than I can chew with this #chunkster (at 1127 pages) but I‘m going to give it a try. This is my next ebook which will serve two purposes:
I‘ll still be reading it when I fly to Rome (how perfect, right?) in early June, so it fills my Italy obsession at the moment. And it works for #Australia #foodandlit in June because the author is Australian. @Catsandbooks @Amiable
pickRichly immersive account of Marius's first six consulships in the last decade of the 2nd century BC as Rome deals with the Jugurthine war and the looming threat of a German invasion.
Having no personal commitment to either of the new consuls, Gaius Julius Caesar and his sons simply tacked themselves onto the procession which started nearest to their own house, the procession of the senior consul, Marcus Minucius Rufus.
#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl
Stuck in Quarantine.. Since we can't leave the house for another week ill started this one I've been holding off because of the size. I love Historical Fiction, hope I won't be disappointed
3 of 20 #20Series20Days
I read this series while in undergrad. It's all politics and wars and family drama. I loved it.
What I was reading 6 years ago. If you are into Roman history I highly recommend McCullough's Masters of Rome series. It is excellent.
I feel intimidated by this book. Anyone want to read it with me? Pretty please 🙏🏼
The only good news this week! My books from awesomebooks arrived. Will open after work whit a glass of red in my hand. I really needed this mail! 15 📚 💝💝💝
I read this book many years ago. I loved it. That's the main thing I remember.
#acityinthetitle #uncannyoctober @RealLifeReading
Even though she wrote the Thorn Birds I had no idea Colleen McCullough was one of the #australianauthors. Learned something new again! #feistyfeb
I read a review of this that mentioned the author's "dated prose style". I figured that meant "no sentence fragments" and immediately ordered a used copy.
I'm enjoying it quite a bit (I was right about the sentence fragments), but a Kindle version would be nice. It's heavy!
