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History book on ancient Rome
I have been watching that Rome series on HBO and I hear its somewhat historically accurate. Has anyone read any good history book on Rome that depict their day to day life.
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Re: History book on ancient Rome
actually yes but now i cant remember what it was called. I have it at my house but Im away at school.
I may go home this weekend and ill try to PM you the title if i remember. -JP |
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Re: History book on ancient Rome
The series is great. If you like the show, you would like Colleen McCullough series on ancient Rome, they are very good. It's not so much about everyday life as the history of Rome from Marius through Julius Ceasar. Covers a lot of the territory of the show.
The First Man in Rome 1990 The Grass Crown 1991 Fortune’s Favourites 1993 Caesar’s Women 1996 Caesar 1998 The October Horse 2002 http://www.alibris.com/search/books/author/McCullough,%20Colleen |
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Re: History book on ancient Rome
Just PM Commodus with anything you want to know.
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I'm almost positive that there's a primary source called "daily life in rome." search for it on amazon. it may be a variation of those words, but I bought it for a roman history course. ughhh I can't remember who wrote it, but try searching for it.
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Check out "The Histories" by Tacitus. It's a very good primary source for daily life in Rome.
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It's fiction, but 'I Claudius' and 'Claudius the God' are pretty goddamn good.
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I learned a lot of Roman history from playing "Rome-Total War".
Unleash Hell! |
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Not history per se, but Stephen Saylor's novels really do a good job or recreating what life was like in the late Roman Republic. They're fun to read as well.
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It's fiction, but 'I Claudius' and 'Claudius the God' are pretty goddamn good. [/ QUOTE ] Great books and the politics in them makes Rome the Series seem tame. I'm glad Rome is starting to take off. Things should really start happening rapidly at this point until the end of the seaseon if they follow the general timeline. |
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