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Super cool, thanks for sharing.  I just went on a Roman reading binge:  Vindoland & The Encircling Sea, historical fiction by excellent historian Goldsworthy.  And also The Storm Before the Storm, history of the late republic -- super well told, reads like a novel.  Makes Game of Thrones look like Candyland.

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9 hours ago, danfrodo said:

I particularly enjoyed The Fall of Carthage (also published as The Punic Wars),

https://www.amazon.com/Fall-Carthage-265-146BC-Military-Paperbacks/dp/0304366420/ref=pd_sim_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0304366420&pd_rd_r=f0131d88-aabf-11e8-861c-cd06ea1130b1&pd_rd_w=kk21w&pd_rd_wg=3sVD6&pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=a180fdfb-b54e-4904-85ba-d852197d6c09&pf_rd_r=03XPZ14XC8H7V48ER60S&pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=03XPZ14XC8H7V48ER60S

and Cannae,

https://www.amazon.com/Cannae-Hannibals-Greatest-Victory-Phoenix/dp/0753822598/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1535460115&sr=8-1&keywords=Cannae+goldsworthy

Caesar is a good read though I think it needs a gentle hand by an editor. Nothing that impedes the reader from thoroughly enjoying it, however,

https://www.amazon.com/Caesar-Life-Colossus-Adrian-Goldsworthy/dp/0300126891/ref=pd_sbs_14_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0300126891&pd_rd_r=f0131d88-aabf-11e8-861c-cd06ea1130b1&pd_rd_w=bO30Y&pd_rd_wg=3sVD6&pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=0bb14103-7f67-4c21-9b0b-31f42dc047e7&pf_rd_r=03XPZ14XC8H7V48ER60S&pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=03XPZ14XC8H7V48ER60S

and The Complete Roman Army is a pleasant popular reference book:

https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Roman-Army/dp/0500288992/ref=pd_sbs_14_4?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0500288992&pd_rd_r=f0131d88-aabf-11e8-861c-cd06ea1130b1&pd_rd_w=bO30Y&pd_rd_wg=3sVD6&pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=0bb14103-7f67-4c21-9b0b-31f42dc047e7&pf_rd_r=03XPZ14XC8H7V48ER60S&pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=03XPZ14XC8H7V48ER60S

 

I have to make time to read Anthony & Cleopatra, as Anthony’s life is of more than passing interest to me. And Goldsworthy’s written plenty of other interesting works. 

 

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22 hours ago, danfrodo said:

Super cool, thanks for sharing.  I just went on a Roman reading binge:  Vindoland & The Encircling Sea, historical fiction by excellent historian Goldsworthy.  And also The Storm Before the Storm, history of the late republic -- super well told, reads like a novel.  Makes Game of Thrones look like Candyland.

Do you know Ben Kane? I just finished his Varus-Germanicus Trilogy. Pretty good. Perhaps even better than the new Cornwell or Scarrow books. They start to be quite repetetive.

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On 8/28/2018 at 7:25 PM, danfrodo said:

I have Ben Kane on my wishlist.  Looks like I need to go there ASAP!

Yep, go for it. Though to date, I only read his Varus books. Coming from the region, the “Battle of Teutoburg Forest” always fascinated me.

Reminds me to: “Blood Forest” by Geraint Jon. Same topic, very different style. Gosh, that one was “dark and creepy”.

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Ah, and if you understand German, I can highly recommend the three volumes published by „Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft“ for 2000 year Varus battle commemoration in 2009. Basically a collection of scientific papers. Heavy stuff, with more info than you want. Luckily, you don‘t need to read them all.

And while I think of it „Roms vergessener Feldzug“, published by Theiss. Same caliber as above. Covering papers about the Harzhorn battle.

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Blood Forest looks very interesting and gets rave reviews.  Thanks for the tip.  Unfortunately, no German.  My grandfathers would perhaps be ashamed to know this (my grandfathers and one grandmother came from Germany/Austria-Hungary ~100 years ago.  One grandfather fought on Russian front it WW1.

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