The Rotten Romans (Horrible Histories)

"Awful Egyptians was pretty repetitive and wasn't as interesting as "Awesome Egyptians." Between the two, I'd recommend the latter.

This is a GREAT book. In their early teens, my boys learned Roman history from it and never forgot it! They can still spout of facts they learned from this series a decade later. I recently sent it to an adult friend who is interested in Roman history and he thoroughly enjoyed it.

My kids were too grossed out by this book to continue reading it. Maybe for older boys but my girls didn't like this at all. It seemed to focus on the worst parts of the civilization. I understand that all civilizations have their good and bad, I just like books that portray both sides better. Info is accurate and writing is good, just the content was negative in my opinion.

This books are wonderful. They make learning history fun and cool. It combines jokes, historical facts and funny information in a great easy-to-read package. My 4th grader loves the whole series. Both reluctant readers and history lovers will enjoy the breezy way history is told in these books. Ideal for 3rd-5th graders and even middle school students. Great as gifts or for a classroom. Too bad all history books aren't this fun!

Learned that the Romans were really rotten and not to trust anybody called Romulus

Love Egyptians, love humor. Great books. The videos are better, in my opinion, buti keep a bunch of these around for extra reading in my classroom.

These books are perfect for teenagers who are interested in history but want more information than just times and dates.

Nice bathroom reader for adults but would be put to better use by getting your younger children into the "fun" stuff in history.