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Here are all the books we listed in the first week of April;

 

The Skystone by Jack Whyte

The Severans: The Changed Roman Empire by Michael Grant

The Government of the Roman Empire: A Sourcebook by Barbara Levick

The Complete Roman Army by Adrian Goldsworthy

 

feel free to comment or discuss any of those books listed above, has anoyne read one of those already?

 

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Here are all the books we listed in the second week of April;

 

First Man in Rome by Colleen McCullough

Imperial Governor: The Great Novel of Boudicca's Revolt by George Shipway

Ancestor Masks and Aristocratic Power in Roman Culture by Harriet I. Flower

Caesar's Legion: The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar's Elite Tenth Legion and the Armies of Rome by Stephen Dando Collins

The World of Rome : An Introduction to Roman Culture by Peter V. Jones, Keith C. Sidwell

I, Claudius by Robert Graves

Roman Remains of Southern France: A Guide Book by James Bromwich

 

feel free to comment or discuss any of those books listed above, has anoyne read one of those already?

 

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Here's a few books that everyone may find interesting:

 

1. Rubicon - The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic - by Tom Holland

 

2. The Battle That Stopped Rome - by Peter S. Wells

 

3. Swords Against the Senate - by Erik Hildinger

 

4. Chronicle of the Roman Republic - by Philip Matyszak

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Thanks Gaius for the list, there are some interesting books there. :)

 

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Here are all the books we listed in the third week of April;

 

The Fall of Carthage by Adrian Goldsworthy

The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius

Fighting Techniques of the Ancient World by Simon Anglim,, Phyllis G. Jestice, Rob S. Rice

The Gods of Ancient Rome by Robert Turcan, Antonia Nevill

Gladiators and Caesars by Eckart Kohne, Cornelia Ewigleben, Eckart K

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Here are all the books we listed in the fourth week of April;

 

Handbook of Ancient Greek and Roman Coins by Zander H. Klawans, Ken Bressett

Christianity and the Roman Empire: Background Texts by Ralph Martin Novak

Roman Art (3rd Edition) by Nancy H. Ramage, Andrew Ramage

Music in Ancient Greece and Rome by John G. Landels

Diocletian and the Roman Recovery by Stephen Williams

The Rise of the Roman Empire by Ian Scott-Kilvert (Translator), Obye Polybius

Livy: The Early History of Rome (Books I-V) by Aubrey De Selincourt

 

feel free to comment or discuss any of those books listed above, has anoyne read one of those already?

 

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Fifty Key Classical Authors - by Alison Sharrock and Rhiannon Ash.

This book goes over some of the famous authors of literature all the way back from Homer up through Livy and Caesar and on to ancient historians from Trajan and Hadrians times. It gives a brief synopsous of their works as well as a biography and back ground to their influence.

 

Livy: Dawn of the Roman Empire (Books 31-40) - J. C. Yardley

Covers the period including the the after mat h of the Second Punic War, Macedonian Wars against Philip, Rome and Antiouchus III, and the Third Punic War with Cato's Censorship.

 

Plutarch: Roman Lives - Robin Waterfield

A translation of Plutarch's biographies on famous people in Greece and Rome. The the original book has alot more, but this book deals with just some of the major figures in Rome(Cato, Aemillius Paullus, Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus, Marius, Sulla, Pompey, Caesar, and Antony)

 

Hannibal Enemy of Rome - Leonard Cottrell

A great book going in great detail fallowing Hannibal and the second punic war. There is alot of information relayed about Hannibal, and the Carthaginian Army, the war in Spain with the Scipios, the Invasions and battles in Italy, and of coarse Scipio Africanus in Africa.

 

Scipio Africanus: Greater then Napoleon - B.H. Liddell Hart

This book is about the great Roman general who defeated Hannibal at Zama. It goes through his early role in the Second punic Wars, as well as what he did after Hannibal's death (The Wars in Macedon). This book goes really deep into his generalship and military abilities.

 

Julius Caesar: Man, Soldier, Tyrant - MajGen J.F.C. Fuller

Another biography of Caesar's life, and mostly his career and military exploits. Also includes quite a bot of background to the whole situation in Rome (Mithridiaic Wars, Macedonian Wars, Spartacus, etc.)

 

The making of the Roman Army: From Republic to Empire - Lawrence Keppie

Basically a guide to the creation and changes of the Roman Army. All the way back from the original establishment under the kings, through the Republic and the reforms by Scipio and Marius, its roles in all the wars, and into the Empire until its fall. For those looking for information on specifics about the Roman military, this is a great start

 

Caesar Against the Celts - Ramon L. Jim

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Here are all the books we listed in the last week of April;

 

Fall of the Roman Republic by Plutarch

Experiencing Rome by Janet Huskinson

Barbarians and Romans, A.D. 418-584 by Walter A. Goffart, Carl Erdmann

The Etruscans by Graeme Barker, Tom Rasmussen

War and Imperialism in Republican Rome, 327-70 B.C. by William V. Harris

 

feel free to comment or discuss any of those books listed above, has anoyne read one of those already?

 

cheers

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