Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman RepublicModern · History, Nonfiction, Ancient History
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
2003 · 408 pages · Nonfiction
48
Modern
★ 4.23 on Goodreads · 31K ratings
Critics' pick
≈ 10 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Baillie Gifford Prize finalist (2004). 4.23★ from 31K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
48Must-Read Score
- Readers83 out of 100 · counts 40%+37
- Critics24 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+9
- Bestseller12 out of 100 · counts 14%+2
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Critics and Bestseller are two ways to earn a place: a book's stronger one counts more. Buzz rewards recent bestseller weeks and prizes, so older books start at zero.
Where it ranks
- #108 of the 154 history books we rank
- #261 of the 666 modern books we rank
- #586 of the 1,404 books we rank
Shortlisted
- Baillie Gifford Prize finalist (2004)
Reads as
True story
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