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Moneta

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The extraordinary story of ancient Rome, history’s greatest superpower, as told through humankind’s most universal object: the coin. When Gareth Harney was first handed a Roman coin by his father as a child, he became entranced by its beauty, its permanence, and its unique power to connect us with the distant past. He soon learned that the Romans saw coins as far more than just money – these were metal canvases on which they immortalised their sacred gods, mighty emperors, towering monuments, and brutal battles of conquest. Revealed in those intricate designs struck in gold, silver, and bronze was the epic history of the Roman world. ‘Moneta’ traces ancient Rome’s unstoppable rise, from a few huts on an Italian hilltop to an all-conquering empire spanning three continents, through the fascinating lives of twelve remarkable coins.

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* A Financial Times Book of the Year * A Sunday Times and Mail on Sunday Summer Read *

HOLD THE POWER AND GLORY OF ANCIENT ROME IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND.

‘Fantastic … expert storytelling’ CONN IGGULDEN
‘Excellent’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘Riveting and utterly original’ MAIL ON SUNDAY

A wild she-wolf tenderly nurses infant twins Romulus and Remus.
Marcus Junius Brutus looks out over chaos and conflict, flaunting the bloodied daggers with which he murdered Julius Caesar.
Trumpets blare, crowds roar, gladiators enter the grand Colosseum. Let the games begin.

Told through the lives of twelve remarkable coins, this is ancient Rome as you’ve never seen it before. Frescoes fade and books vanish, but the story of Rome’s epic rise and fall survives in scenes struck in gold, silver and bronze.

‘Extremely enjoyable’ EMMA SOUTHON
‘Wonderful … there are riches aplenty in these pages’ CHRISTOPHER HADLEY
‘Ingenious – filled with illuminating details’ MATTHEW KNEALE
‘Fascinating, original and fun’ FINANCIAL TIMES

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Weight 0.32 kg
Dimensions 19.7 × 12.8 × 2.5 cm
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Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

384

Language

English

Edition

Paperback original

Dewey

737.4937 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K