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haven't read book but kindle tells you how much is left *NM* random thoughts Send a noteboard - 11/01/2016 05:57:08 PM

View original postI'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.


View original postIt'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.


View original postI 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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