They, too, believe that everyone should want to be an American, even as they do everything in their power to keep people from realizing that dream. Certainly, there are parallels with how most Americans see things as well. Emperors boasted that their rule brought peace to the provinces, benefiting the entire population.” They firmly believed that to live as a Roman should be the goal of every man, woman, and child. ”Like most imperial powers, the Romans felt that their domination was entirely right, divinely ordained and a good thing for the wider world. These disturbances were not war, but merely situations that required a show of strength by the Romans to reassert their dominance.īecause of the large scope of the book, a Keeten-style review to do it justice would be longer and more comprehensive than what anyone would want to read, so I’ve decided to share some of the best quotes from the book that really stood out for me and add just a dab of commentary. There were rebellions, incursions by neighboring states, and coup attempts in the provinces. This book is an overview of Rome at peace, but even when they were at peace, because of the size of the empire, they were never totally at peace. Even though Adrian Goldsworthy has been a noted historian for decades, my first encounter with his works was his enjoyable, fictional, Roman series Vindolandia.
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