Product Description

The grim truth behind the greatest empire of all time is revealed - from the terrible twins who founded Rome to the evil emperors who made murder a sport. Find out which emperor enjoyed eating camel's heels and the name of the Roman goddess of door hinges. History with the nasty bits left in!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #21660 in Books
• Published on: 2009-01-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

Customer Reviews

Modern antiquity: Variatio delectat
Deary's hugely successful series has come with a classic topic: the Romans. This book is aimed at middle-school kids in history or the classics - without making things dry, hard to understand and theoretical. The riddles, jokes and quizzes do NOT make the content less serious or falsify and distort it. It is just another way of presenting a civilization (and language) which is dead - and yet still so much alive in Western culture.

gruesome gladiators and more
It is packed with jokes,quizzes and information.
Oh yes and it's a bit bloody in some places.(That is why i like it so much)

`The Ruthless Romans reveals the grim truth behind the greatest empire of all time.......'
Want to know:-

which emperor enjoyed eating camel's heels?
how a cow on your roof could bring you bad luck?
the name of the Roman goddess of door hinges?

Read on for the gory details about the cruel Colosseum and the people and animals who were massacred here.
Run screaming from the reality of life as a Roman soldier and terrorize your teacher with our foul facts about the Romans.
History has never been so horrible!'

A witty, colourful cover opens to 127 pages, split over 13 chapters:-

Killer kings and the rotten republic
Superior superstitions and quaint customs
Gory gladiators
Ruthless Roman army
Evil enemies
Ruthless Roman quiz
Roman Empire timeline
Evil emperors
A few foul facts...
Marvellous medicine
Awful for animals
Painful plays
Cruel for criminals

with an introduction and an epilogue.

Written with the typical Deary humour and illustrations from Martin Brown throughout.