I'm about halfway through First Man of Rome (hard to tell on a Kindle, mind you) and I'm wondering how historically accurate it is.
It's a good few years since I read Robin Lane Fox's excellent book The Classical World: An Epic History from Homer to Hadrian and I've forgotten a lot.
I might also need recommendations for a good factual book on that time period - possibly from 200BC to AD100 or something like that. Any suggestions?
*MySmiley*
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
Who has read Colleen McCullough's Rome series?
- 10/01/2016 08:43:03 PM
1079 Views
I liked it a lot, but Cannoli is right re: Caesar.
- 11/01/2016 05:49:10 PM
767 Views
Re: I liked it a lot, but Cannoli is right re: Caesar.
- 12/01/2016 03:26:56 PM
994 Views
Suetonius at least is far from dry - he has all the juicy stories.
- 12/01/2016 06:26:53 PM
824 Views
Mary Beard's SPQR is the book of the moment
- 12/01/2016 02:00:32 PM
940 Views
I love Mary Beard. Not that I've read any of her books, but her articles are great.
- 12/01/2016 03:23:12 PM
1113 Views