Route 66 A. D.

Route 66 A. D. traces the travel routes of ancient Roman tourists from the eastern Mediterranean to a trip down the Nile. The author (Tony Perrottet) and his girlfriend travelled the same route, experiencing many of the same difficulties as the Romans (i.e. bad hotels, bad food, sickness, etc.) The book is a delightful mix of the historical and the contemporary. I enjoyed learning what the ancient tourists had written about their travels as well as learning what those ancient sites looked like now. Historians, travellers, and people interested in the ancient Romans would definitely enjoy this book.