Rubicon
Tom Holland · 2003
How long does it take to read Rubicon?
About 8 hours 38 minutes
432 pages at 50 pages an hour. 18 days at 30 minutes a day. Work out your own time.
A vivid historical account of the social world of Rome as it moved from republic to empire. In 49 B.C., the seven hundred fifth year since the founding of Rome, Julius Caesar crossed a small border river called the Rubicon and plunged Rome into cataclysmic civil war. Tom Holland’s enthralling account tells the story of Caesar’s generation, witness to the twilight of the Republic and its bloody transformation into an empire. From Cicero, Spartacus, and Brutus, to Cleopatra, Virgil, and Augustus, here are some of the most legendary figures in history brought thrillingly to life. Combining verve and freshness with scrupulous scholarship, Rubicon is not only an engrossing history of this pivotal era but a uniquely resonant portrait of a great civilization in all its extremes of self-sacrifice and rivalry, decadence and catastrophe, intrigue, war, and world-shaking ambition.
How long does it take to read Rubicon?
Rubicon is 432 pages, so it takes about 8 hours 38 minutes to read at an average pace of 50 pages an hour. A relaxed reader at 35 pages an hour needs about 12 hours 21 minutes; a fast reader at 70 pages an hour, about 6 hours 10 minutes.
How many days to read Rubicon at 20 minutes a day?
About 26 days, reading 20 minutes a day at 50 pages an hour.
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