08-11-2007, 04:44 PM
I'm actually reading the book now. I think I watched an episode of the series earlier this year, and wasn't impressed at all... but while a lot of the book can be hard to swallow if you've read more on the subject beforehand, I think it is still a very good little piece... and one with some very interesting information.
He certainly does get in the way of himself sometimes, and no matter how hard he tries, he still can't possibly convince me that all Celts just wanted nothing more than their tea and crumpets and weren't "brutal" like the Romans - but frankly, I do agree with him that the Romans were much, much more violent than any civilization of the time.
I sometimes get a little scared at the thought that there are people almost worshipping Caesar when he may have ordered the deaths of maybe 500,000-2,000,000 people over seven years. :? )
So while I find a lot of the book hard to swallow, he does bring up some interesting points, and as he does not exactly refer to himself as a 'historian' (so it's all just food for thought, really) it's a little easier to take.
He certainly does get in the way of himself sometimes, and no matter how hard he tries, he still can't possibly convince me that all Celts just wanted nothing more than their tea and crumpets and weren't "brutal" like the Romans - but frankly, I do agree with him that the Romans were much, much more violent than any civilization of the time.
I sometimes get a little scared at the thought that there are people almost worshipping Caesar when he may have ordered the deaths of maybe 500,000-2,000,000 people over seven years. :? )
So while I find a lot of the book hard to swallow, he does bring up some interesting points, and as he does not exactly refer to himself as a 'historian' (so it's all just food for thought, really) it's a little easier to take.
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