History Books

>>1712357

Records of the Peloponessian War

The Republic

Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

Candide by Voltaire

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>>1712395
thanks senpai

>>1712395
>Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
>in 2016
the fuck are you doing anon, the book is centuries out of date.

>>1712457
gib book pls

Polybius, for the Punic Wars

Josephus, for the Jewish War

Caesar, for the Gallic War

Tacitus' Annals for general Roman fuckery I guess

Anything Plutarch, most things Livy

>medieval

Anything by Frances and Joseph Gies

George Duby

If you speak French, George Minois

>>1712395
>Candide
Why though

>>1712357
Everett's bio of Cicero.

Goldsworthy's bio of Augustus. Oranything by Goldwortthy.

Romm's "Dying Every Day," bio of Senaca and history of the late Julio-Claudian dynasty.

ABSOLUTE CRAP BOOK TO AVOID ASTING MONEY ON:"Cataline" by Galassi -- he constantly confuses Patricians with Optimates and Popularis with Plebeians,among other irritating errors, and tries to force modern political forms and ideologies onto late-Republic history. Only book that has ever made me set it aside unfinished.

Currently enjoying SPQR by Mary Beard. Id recommend it.

>>1712605
Oh, and for fun, "I, Claudius" and "Claudius the God," for fun. You can go back later and find out which bits were pretty accurate, and which pure fiction.

>>1712606
I just bought that, along with a book about Constantine which I am reading first. Glad to hear it's going to be good.

>>1712622

She pinpoints really important moments in the downfall of both the Republic and the Empire that are often overlooked in more grander recounta of the Roman story. So for that I really appreciate it.