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To mention a few; 1.Julius Caesar 2. Augustus 3. Trajan 4. Hadrian ---and not in any particular order, altough I would love tips on comprehensive treatments on Trajan, who expanded the empire to its max during his reign, pluss all the projects he commissioned in Rome. What an allround awesome guy

Thanks for a very valuable update on my orginal question; I've gotten the book by Scarre, and intend to brush up my "formal" knowledge. But I will be sure to check up the authors you mention here in order to bring history a bit more to life On a side note, I know there are several well researched biographies of emperors out there, the one on Caesar by Goldsworthy springs to mind. Any experiences with these by members in the forum?

Really, they found the tombstone? That's pretty incredible. Do you have any reference on that?

Please include a complete reference for the biography of Aurelian!

The main problem is expense; these things are overpriced for sure. I just joined a private-tracker invitation-only torrent network at tvtorrents.com, specialized in tracking TV-torrents, but I couldn't find it there either. If any one gets their hands one on of these, you should share them by torrents (which is perfectly legal, even in roman terms)

What glorious times But seriously, what seems all the more incredible, is that I've gathered that all of this wealth was reduced to almost nothing with GJ Caesars rise to absolute power?!

In "The History of Rome" Grant suggests that Pompeys campaign in the eastern provinces during 70-65 BC generated an increase in the roman treasury by 40-60%. Does any one have any idea of the amount of money/grain/whatever unit that denotes value this represents by that days or todays standard??

This is all great you guys, listing all the shows, and your opinions of them. But, and this is the great but, does any one have any idea where I could get these shows?? I have, as I stated in the beginning, downloaded the Pharsalus battle, and I would love more programs. Please provide me with internetlinks, torrentpointers, or any other way for me to get these shows. Much obliged

To start off, I'm from Norway, and I don't have (easy) access to the History Channel. But I downloaded (perfectly legally, of course ) a recreation of the battle of Pharsalus from the HC, with animation taken from the excellent game Rome:Total War. My question is this: Does any one know if more great roman battles have been recreated in this way, cause I think it worked pretty well, and would love to see Teutoberg, Cannae, and other massive battles portrayed like this Also, on a side note, I wondered whether any one of you guys have tried your hands at using the map creator in Total War to recreate battles? That would be totally cool

Vow, that's awesome. I hope that last one by Grant is not TOO hard to come by; right now I'm reading his "History of Rome", and he sure knows how to write and make such a vast topic highly readable! Thanx for the input

Thanx, that's great - - - nothing like original litterature to further my knowledge Also, it would be awesome if any one could point to comprehensive books written on emperors, in terms of wars fought, territory conquered, buildings dedicated, and family life. What I'm looking for is to get a feel not only of their respective personalities, but also their accomplishments. Now, obviously, I've read everything on Wikipedia on the emperors, but that's not quite "deep" enough. Also, I'd like to read dedicated biographies of seperate emperors (like the one written by Goldsworthy on Ceasar- - - I just read In The Name of Rome and found is incredibly well written and addicitve), but for the time being, I really would like a comprehensive overview of emperors. So keep any ideas coming

I've just been four days in Rome, my second trip, and have delved further into the complex history of the city. While sitting in the forum, with an Oxford acheological guide in mye hand, looking at the ruins of the temple of the defied Gaeus Julius Caesar (upon the altar lay quite a few bouquets of roses, a nice touch I thought), I wondered where I could get my hands on the BEST book on the Roman Emperors, starting with Caesar (or Octavian, whatever). I'm looking for a complete record of their respectable reigns, or as complete as possible. Any insights on this would be greatly appreciated. I'm hungering for more info to feed my endelss appetite for ancient roman history