num_pages: 308
description: Beckett's The Comic History of Rome, first published in London in 1852, is now available in a reprint. The author's intent is to combine instruction with amusement. Readers will welcome Beckett's humor and witty representation of great chapters of Roman history from the earliest times to the death of Caesar.
language: English
title: The Comic History of Rome
titlecomplete: The Comic History of Rome
characters: Marcus Valerius Corvus, Lucretia, Sextus Tarquinius, Numa Pompilius, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Remus, Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Verginia, Lucius Cornelius Cinna, Appius Claudius Crassus, Quintus Fabius Maximus, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, Julius Caesar (Roman emperor), Lucius Junius Brutus, Servius Tullius, Romulus, Pyrrhus of Epirus, Tiberius Julius Mithridates, Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, Hannibal, Tullus Hostilius
genres: History
ratings_count: 18
places: Rome
publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers