It's a good book. He's writing is very easy going. What has struct me is that rome was not very civilized. During the repulic there where many civil wars. People were murdered in the forum. All in all it was a very dangerous and unstable place and time to live. One of the remarks that really hit home with me was when he talked about the roman historian Livy he said that for many years Rome was seen through the one sided view of Livy who wrote a history of rome.
