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• Format: Large print book - Hardback
• Released: 2006
• Publisher: AudioGO Limited
• ISBN: 9781405648240
• Category: Large Print Books Non-fiction
• Availability: In Stock: Available for immediate dispatch
• Our Price: £18.99
• Format(mm): 240x160
• Product Weight: 521gm

Book summary

The Romans created the most successful and longest-lasting empire in history. They conquered and civilised a territory that stretched from Scotland to Libya, from Portugal to Iraq – and then ran it for more than 400 years. The dream of Rome has lived on in the memory of European leaders ever since, and one after the other they have tried to imitate the Roman achievement. Charlemagne tried it. Napoleon tried it. Mussolini tried it. And now the European Union can be seen as the latest attempt to rediscover the unity of the Roman empire. So how did the Romans pull it off? With minimal regulation, and a tiny bureaucracy, the Romans created the first single European market, complete with an army that represented a very small percentage of the population. In this fast-paced and vivid account, Boris Johnson examines the Roman system in detail, as a way of casting light on the challenges we face today. It is full of scenes and characters who made our civilisation, and who still inspire the dream of Rome.