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Who has read Colleen McCullough's Rome series? Rebekah Send a noteboard - 10/01/2016 08:43:03 PM

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?

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Who has read Colleen McCullough's Rome series? Rebekah - 10/01/2016 08:43:03 PM 1078 Views
Sort of Cannoli - 11/01/2016 11:15:48 AM 783 Views
Re: Sort of Rebekah - 12/01/2016 03:24:59 PM 969 Views
I liked it a lot, but Cannoli is right re: Caesar. Legolas - 11/01/2016 05:49:10 PM 767 Views
Re: I liked it a lot, but Cannoli is right re: Caesar. Rebekah - 12/01/2016 03:26:56 PM 994 Views
Suetonius at least is far from dry - he has all the juicy stories. Legolas - 12/01/2016 06:26:53 PM 824 Views
haven't read book but kindle tells you how much is left *NM* random thoughts - 11/01/2016 05:57:08 PM 385 Views
Yes, I found that last night. I'm only 1/4 through! Rebekah - 11/01/2016 06:06:47 PM 1052 Views
Mary Beard's SPQR is the book of the moment The Shrike - 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. Rebekah - 12/01/2016 03:23:12 PM 1113 Views
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