Viggen Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 The new year kicks off slowly with only a handfull of new publications, but nevertheless some interesting stuff... Bread And Circuses: A Sourcebook On The Roman Games by Alison Futrell The Pocket Timeline of Ancient Rome by Katharine Wiltshire Pompeii : Lost and Found by Mary Pope Osborne Hannibal's War (Oxford World's Classics) by Livy, J.C. Yardley, Dexter Hoyos Decembers most popular books according to Unrv.com sales can be found here (December was all about the Fall of Rome ) The bestselling Top 5 for the whole of 2005 are... 5. Caesar's Legion: The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar's Elite Tenth Legion and the Armies of Rome by Stephen Dando-Collins 4. Roman Legionary 58 BC-AD 69 by Ross Cowan 3. Fighting Techniques of the Ancient World by Simon Anglim 2. The Fall of Rome : And the End of Civilization by Ward-Perkins 1. The Complete Roman Army by Adrian Goldsworthy regards viggen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost_Warrior Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Oh, I must read some of those Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Why am I not surprised that 4 out of 5 of the top selling books for the year are military oriented. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Cowan and Goldsworthy's books are top notch, if rather brief. The Osprey book is ,as usual sparse, concise and direct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Goblinus Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 The Fall of Rome : And the End of Civilization by Ward-Perkins This one interests me the most. Historical events and politics interest me more than just straight forward military books, like many of them listed, are. Will Dr. Perkins be coming back to answer anymore questions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Porcius Cato Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 If you haven't already purchased it, I'd highly recommend Ward-Perkins' book. It mobilizes legions of new data to annihilate the trendy thesis that "Rome didn't fall, it just evolved." Even if you don't agree with this thesis, the data cannot be ignored but must be explained in a way that fits the "gradual evolution" idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 If you haven't already purchased it, I'd highly recommend Ward-Perkins' book. It mobilizes legions of new data to annihilate the trendy thesis that "Rome didn't fall, it just evolved." Even if you don't agree with this thesis, the data cannot be ignored but must be explained in a way that fits the "gradual evolution" idea. I am part way through this particular work and I have to back up MPCs comment.I suggest a lot of the "evolved Germanic" trend is ,firstly: actually PC thinking trying to iron out "conflict" in history as it makes liberals faint and ,secondly: pro "european" writers are merely trying to give some historic justification to the non-functioning mess of the EU. Rant over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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