 | The Fall Of The West: The Death Of The Roman Superpower: The Long, Slow Death of the Roman Superpower by Adrian Goldsworthy
Buy new: £15.94 / Used from: £11.88 A great general history of the Fall of Rome by a great historian
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 | The Battle of Salamis: The Naval Encounter That Saved Greece -- And Western Civilization by Barry Strauss
Buy new: £6.87 / Used from: £4.55 The reconstruction of the battle which I consider the most credible
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 | Caesar: The Life of a Colossus by Adrian Goldsworthy
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £2.96 The definitive biography of Julius Caesar
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 | The Spartacus War: The Revolt of the Gladiators by Barry Strauss
Buy new: £12.50 / Used from: £6.40 Gladiators, crucifixion, written by a great historian - what more could a girl want!?!?
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 | The Elgin Marbles by Dorothy King
Buy new: £14.49 / Used from: £9.99 I have to plug my own book ... LOL
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 | In the Name of Rome: The Men Who Won the Roman Empire (Phoenix Press) by Adrian Goldsworthy
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £1.10 Brilliant shorter biographies of Rome's greatest generals - including Gaius Marius (my hero)
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 | It's a Don's Life by Mary Beard
Buy new: £5.28 / Used from: £8.13 I like this book so much ... I gave a quote for the jacket.
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 | The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars 265-146BC (Cassell Military Paperbacks) by Adrian Goldsworthy
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £3.58 Everything you ever wanted to know about Hannibal and Carthage
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 | Last Pagan by Adrian Murdoch
Buy new: £9.97 / Used from: £4.52 Brilliant, very easy to read biography of Julian the Apostate
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 | Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland
Buy new: £7.66 / Used from: £0.01 A fascinating telling of the Fall of the Roman Republic
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 | The Fall of Constantinople 1453 (Canto) by Steven Runciman
Buy new: £11.46 / Used from: £6.00 The Classic, and still the best, book on the Fall of the Byzantine Empire
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 | Rome's Greatest Defeat: Massacre in the Teutoburg Forest by Adrian Murdoch
Buy new: £8.35 / Used from: £9.85 Evocative telling of the story of a key Roman battle
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 | The Trojan War by Barry S. Strauss
Buy new: £5.67 / Used from: £3.36 Much better book on the Trojan War than most of the others out there.
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 | Sophocles and Alcibiades: Athenian Politics in Ancient Greek Literature by Michael Vickers
Buy new: £28.50 / Used from: £19.00 Greek literature set into the context of Athenian politics and history.
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 | The Roman Triumph by M Beard
Buy new: £10.89 / Used from: £8.98 Deconstructs the myths surrounding a Roman archetype
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 | Athens: A History: From Ancient Ideal to Modern City by Robin Waterfield
Buy used from: £2.33 My favorite history of the city of Athens
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 | Persian Fire: The First World Empire, Battle for the West by Tom Holland
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £0.01 A good popular introduction to the Persian Wars
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 | Religions of Rome: Volume 1, A History. by Mary Beard
Buy new: £18.19 / Used from: £17.00 A great, clear and concise history of Roman religion
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 | Libraries in the Ancient World (Yale Nota Bene) by L Casson
Buy new: £6.65 / Used from: £3.60 A book about where the ancients kept their books ....
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 | The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) by Edward Gibbon
Buy new: £3.76 / Used from: £0.01 Written two centuries ago, but still a gripping read.
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 | God's Gold: The Quest for the Lost Temple Treasure of Jerusalem by Sean Kingsley
Buy new: £8.99 / Used from: £0.19 Despite the (Boy's Own Adventure) tone, the information is the book is fascinating
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 | A Short History of Byzantium by John Julius Norwich
Buy new: £11.37 / Used from: £2.78 A little too popular for my taste ... but I'd still highly recommend it.
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 | The Last Roman: Romulus Augustulus and the Decline of the West by Adrian Murdoch
Buy new: £9.64 / Used from: £8.72 More the story of the times than the tale of Romulus Augustulus, but worth making the time to read
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 | The Parthenon (Wonders of the World) by Mary Beard
Buy used from: £18.18 Quick history of the Parthenon - though I'd rather you read mine ... ;-)
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 | The Roman Army at War 100 BC - AD 200 (Oxford Classical Monographs) by Adrian Keith Goldsworthy
Buy new: £18.75 / Used from: £23.67 Accessible but solidly academic book about the Roman army
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