Title: A Great Start to the Series
Product review: I really liked this book despite having little knowledge of ancient Rome (I mainly read English historical novels). I have to say at the beginning I almost gave up. I found the names hard to get used to, both of the characters and of the different sections of Rome and was flipping back and forth from the glossary. Then I just started reading and not worrying about the detail so much and started enjoying the book.At times it's a bit slow, but when a story is 1000 pages it can't all be action! My favorite parts involved Roman family life and the lives of the women and my least favorite parts were military and political strategizing, although I eventually became intrigued by that during the course of the book.I will definitely read the rest of the series...but take a break and read something else in between since it took a month to finish this one (and I'm not a slow reader)!
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