/his/torical /lit/erature thread. Name an era or region and

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Bumping with some relevant bullshit.

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>>1651260

For Rome;
Appian
Aurelius Victor
Cassius Dio
Plutarch
Tacitus
Pliny
Livy
Josephus
Julius Caesar
Suetonius

>>1650477
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>>1651277

Fuck off to lit.

>>1651277

Livy is fucking hilarious.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hessian

Not really sure what the author was trying to get at with this book, it seemed like he was trying to convey some greater meaning, but I never got it. Really enjoyed reading it though.

>>1650477
Requesting anything on World War 1 in the Pacific. Bonus points for anything with von Spee and the East Asia Squadron, or the seizure of the German Pacific Islands.

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Bumping 4u

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How does /his/ rate oxfords 'A very short introduction ' books. They seem to have a wide verity of topics and seems like the perfect shooting off point.

Just want to ask before I spend some $$

H u m p

>>1650477
>The tophet isn't shown in the Acropolis

TRIGGERED

>>1651296
This

What did that guy think this thread is about? Book recommendations?

>>1652103
Very iffy.

Some are great while others are shit.

Some aren't even really intros.

Look at them as individual books, research them before you buy.

I've been getting really into Late Rome lately. 'Military History of Late Rome' by Ilkka Skyvänne and 'The Late Roman Army' by Karen Dixon are breddy gud.

Here's the thing though. Both books have a timeframe of the 3rd century up until the middle of the 4th, and both authors specify that they won't be going any further on in time and that what they cover in the books won't necessarily apply to the late 4th century and the 5th century.

Do you guys know of any books that cover the Roman army in its twilight period, basically? I guess from the middle of the 4th century until the fall of the western Empire

I'm looking for books that aren't very long and are good in general about England.

>>1654118
From start to present?

Or just a particular period?

>>1650477
Gibbon is still worth reading if only for the quality of his prose. Many of the facts are off and he imposes a pretty heavy enlightenment bias on everything but it is just so incredibly written.

>>1654128
Start to present

>>1654174
A Shortened History of England - G.M Trevelyan

>>1654091
Fall of the Roman Empire by Peter Heather

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>>1654221
Thanks, my fellow Anglophile.

Anyone got any history of Russia?

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Book suggestions please

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I don't know anything about Alexander besides the basic outline of his story, conquered a lot of land, never lost a battle, died young, empire quickly fell apart. Can anyone direct to a good biography and possibly a book detailing the diadochi wars that came after?

>>1654312
Can't recommend you an actual history of Russia, but I've recently read Massie's biographies of Peter the Great and Catherine the Great, if you're completely clueless about Russian history these two books will teach you a lot.

>>1655897
Wars of the Diadochi: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_wzrvgRHMU&list=PLJCME8VBIxMINncVxcQm1rGToHT-ISwc7 basically every battle and and marriage that they know happened. They guy is either severely dyslexic or learned English the day before he made the vids. He pronounces Ptolemy as totamey and Diadochi as Diocletian. S make sure you read the stuff on screen . But theres over 30 short vids that follow on from each other

>>1650477
World War 1, give me some good books /his/

Preferably one that glorifies the war