The Coolest Stuff from the Roman Empire

Grumpy Gods. Magic chickens. Mad emperors.

The coolest stuff from The Roman Empire is made in the same funny and playful style as The coolest stuff from The Viking Age. But this time the story spans over a much longer period of history than the viking period, starting out appr. 1000 b.c. and telling the story until the fall of the West-Roman Empire 1500 years later. We learn about the gathering of Italy; the many punic wars between the Roman Republic and the Carthaginian Empire; Hannibal’s vengeance; the many wars in the Eastern part of the Roman Empire; the expansions westward and the revolt of the slaves; we learn about Caesar and his time; and about the Roman Empire and christianity.

Martin Aas was shortlisted for the Brage Prize for best children’s book Non-Fiction for his previous title, The coolest stuff from The Viking Age — the new book, The coolest stuff from The Roman Empire is just as ambititous and well researched as the first title was.