Books by J P V D Balsdon
Romans and Aliens
by J P V D Balsdon
This book is about Rome’s image problems, its issues with bad PR. Balsdon juxtaposes Rome’s dominant outlook with examples of just how alien the Romans appeared to the rest of the world. Some of the chapter titles give you a flavour: ‘Snobbery begins at Rome’, ‘Bad Press for Rome’, ‘The Ghastly Bad Taste of the Romans’. It’s just jam-packed with information, out-of-the-way information, that’s really hard to find in any other book.
Interviews where books by J P V D Balsdon were recommended
The best books on Enemies of Ancient Rome, recommended by Adrienne Mayor
Stanford University classics scholar Adrienne Mayor says a comparison between Mithradates, a deadly enemy of the Roman Empire, and Osama bin Laden, who set his sights on the American Empire, is a tempting one.
