Ancient Rome: How It Affects You Today (Uncle Eric Book)

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Genre: History: World; Roman influences; Civilization, Modern; Ancient Rome - History; World politics; History - General History; Politics and government; Modern - 20th Century; Ancient - Rome; 20th century; Rome; 30 B.C.-476 A.D;

Average Review: 4 stars

Review: Entertaining and Thoughtful reading. : These books are fun to read and make some interesting assertions. The origins of common law, higher law and the laws we have in America are a conglomeration of ideas, hammered out by the founders of our system of government not without much compromise. I find no particular fault with the research in this book. I haven't traveled to 40 different countries as Uncle Eric has, or spent a lifetime researching economic changes and how they play out over time in relation to shifts in politics, and legal trends. My situation lends iself to research and the historical facts Uncle Eric presents are accurate, his intrepretation is certainly not mainstream and that is appealing to the study of history as it makes the study of the past more human in that there are many sides to any issue and each persons set of experiences will lead them to a different conclusion. Uncle Eric is not a rabid dog for his point of view as some authors I have noted lately can be, no name calling in these books or denegrating a political party. Excellent reading for the family who likes thoughtful discussion!