Description
Title: Rebels against Rome: 400 Years of Rebellions against the Rule of Rome
Author: DANDO-COLLINS STEPHEN
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 01/07/2023
Imprint: TURNER (+CISP)
Price: $33.00
Publishing status: Active
Award-winning author Stephen Dando-Collins brings his renowned expertise to Rebels Against Rome, where he showcases many of the rebellious movements against the Great Roman Empire, as well as the rebels behind these lost causes and the circumstances that fuelled their brazen plights.
The Great Roman Empire was no stranger to rebellions, but who were the rebels behind these lost causes, and what fuelled their brazen plights?
Despite their many differences, the rebels of the Roman Empire had one thing in common: all were Romans, or one-time Roman allies, who attempted to overthrow Roman rule within the bounds of the Roman Empire. Many of these rebels succeeded in humbling Rome, for a time. But in the end, Rome always prevailed, occasionally through the ineptitude of the rebels, but more often through the skills of Roman generals who rose to the occasion after others had failed.
Rome’s greatest rebels took on many forms-including royalty, enslaved people, foreigners serving in the Roman army, over-ambitious Roman governors, a handful of genuine freedom fighters – but all had the courage and audacity to oppose the greatest empire the world had known to that time. These are their stories…
Review:
\”Boudicca, Spartacus, Arminius, and Simon Bar-Kochba join twenty lesser-known heroes in this fascinating compendium of people who, having tasted Roman life, spit it out and turned against it in revolt, threatening the empire itself. They failed, but they failed magnificently. An absorbing journey into the long history of Rome and the threats from within it faced to survive.\” -Margaret George, New York Times bestselling author of The Confessions of a Young Nero and The Splendor Before the Dark
\”Stephen Dando-Collins never fails to provide a thrilling and educational read.\” -Cameron Reilly, co-host of The Life of Caesar podcast series
\”Reading Rebels Against Rome was a pleasure, much like reading a good novel . . . The book is enjoyable and we can highly recommend it for those interested in the events of the late Roman Empire, a fascinating subject of great importance to the Western World that reverberates through time to this day. Enjoy.\” -Major Dan, History & Headlines
\”An enthralling read! In his selection of two dozen extensively researched case studies, Dando-Collins dissects rebellions that regularly changed the course of Roman history. In his writings he reveals the symptoms of revolution and charts the fates of charismatic freedom fighters, power hungry bureaucrats, and brilliant generals. He also reveals the brutality used to maintain this power. His words make these individuals real to the reader, beyond simple historical facts. In doing so, Dando-Collins provides brilliant insight into the way the Roman Empire dealt with the cancer of internal revolt.\” -Dr. Terry J. Hannan, author of Heard Healed Helped: The Healing Power of Storytelling
Author Biography: Stephen Dando-Collins is the multi-award-winning author of forty-six books, including biographies and nonfiction works on ancient Rome, Greece, and Persia, as well as American, British, French, and Australian history including World War I and World War II. These works focus on military history, with Stephen considered an authority on the legions of imperial Rome. He has also written several successful novels and children’s novels. His books are widely published in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and they appear in translation in Spain, Italy, Poland, the Netherlands, Albania, Russia, Korea, and Latin America. Stephen and wife, Louise, a fellow author, live in a former nunnery in Tasmania’s Tamar Valley.
ISBN: 9781684427857
Dimension: 229mm X 152mm
Edition: 01