+ + Critic. 48: 90. Ja. ’06. 60w.
“While in the main satisfactory, [the English version] frequently lacks in point of clearness, the involved parenthetical structure of the sentences making it difficult at times to follow the author’s arguments.”
+ + – Dial. 40: 201. Mr. 16, ’06. 400w.
“Professor Pais has sifted the origins of Rome without fear or pity. The style is not smooth. The lack of an index can only be excused by the consideration that such an index would have added materially to the bulk of the book. The maps are good.”
+ + – Ind. 59: 1481. D. 21. ’05. 630w.
“The translation is very well done, although the paragraphing is often bad. The index, which is indispensable in a work of this kind, has been omitted.”
+ – Nation. 82: 474. Je. 7, ’06. 1410w.
“Although technical and teeming with data of detail, Prof. Pais’s work ... should form the means of valuable supplementary reading for students of Roman history.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 11: 104. F. 17, ’06. 840w.
“The book should challenge the attention of all who care for archaeology and early Roman history.”