History & Myth: Epics of Greece and Rome

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Amida: A Novel
1.  Amida: A Novel by Mark Walker
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  "Epic novel of warfare and religious strife between Rome & Persia"
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The Later Roman Empire: (a.D. 354-378) (Classics)
2.  The Later Roman Empire: (a.D. 354-378) (Classics) by Ammianus Marcellinus
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  "The last great Roman historian -- a racy, scandal-filled narrative of Decline if not quite Fall"
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The Aeneid (Everyman's Library classics)
3.  The Aeneid (Everyman's Library classics) by Virgil
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  "An attractive prose translation in a cheap hardcover edition"
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The Odyssey (Penguin Classics)
4.  The Odyssey (Penguin Classics) by Homer
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  "Highly regarded translation from EV Rieu -- the standard study version"
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The Civil War: Pharsalia or Bellum Civile
5.  The Civil War: Pharsalia or Bellum Civile by Lucan
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  "Gory and melodramatic account of the rivalry between Caesar and Pompey the Great -- witches, occultism, bloody battles and severed limbs galore!"
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Plutarch's Lives: Volume 1 (The Dryden Translation)
6.  Plutarch's Lives: Volume 1 (The Dryden Translation) by Plutarch
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  "Dryden's translation of Plutarch -- it's great to read these parallel lives as they should be, side by side"
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Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans: v. 2 (Modern Library)
7.  Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans: v. 2 (Modern Library) by Plutarch
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  "Vol 2 of the above -- taken as a whole this is a vast history of both Greece and Rome"
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The Early History of Rome: Bks. 1-5 (Penguin Classics)
8.  The Early History of Rome: Bks. 1-5 (Penguin Classics) by Livy
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  "The beginning of Livy's monumental work -- mostly myth not history -- shame it's not available complete in English"
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The Annals of Imperial Rome (Classics)
9.  The Annals of Imperial Rome (Classics) by Tacitus
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  "Possibly the most high-minded of all historians, but not above salacious gossip either"
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The Twelve Caesars
10.  The Twelve Caesars by Gaius Suetonius
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  "Robert Graves' classic version of scandal-monger Suetonius"
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The Histories (Oxford World's Classics)
11.  The Histories (Oxford World's Classics) by Herodotus
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  "Don't miss -- the father of history and a sublime storyteller"
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The Peloponnesian War (Classics)
12.  The Peloponnesian War (Classics) by Thucydides
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  "Rex Warner's almost standard translation of this most serious of all historians"
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Giftset (Penguin Classics)
13.  The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Giftset (Penguin Classics) by Edward Gibbon
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  "Search second-hand bookshops, search Amazon's Zshops -- but get this complete not abridged, then relish one of the glories of the English language"
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Penguin Classics)
14.  The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Penguin Classics) by Edward Gibbon
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  "If you do one thing in your life that's worthwhile, read Gibbon complete not in this or any other abridgement"
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Lays of Ancient Rome
15.  Lays of Ancient Rome by Thomas Babbington Macaulay
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  "Macaulay's action-packed poems -- probably better to track down a second-hand edition, though"
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The Secret History (Classics)
16.  The Secret History (Classics) by Procopius Caesariensis
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  "More scandal and bile -- this time from the sixth century Byzantine court of Emperor Justinian, and scheming wife Theodora"
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Annus Horribilis: Latin for Everyday Life
17.  Annus Horribilis: Latin for Everyday Life by Mark Walker
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  "By the same author as Amida: A Novel"
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Pompeii
18.  Pompeii by Robert Harris
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  "Robert Harris's bestseller"
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Imperium
19.  Imperium by Robert Harris
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  "Harris's other Ancient Roman bestseller"
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