From the Gracchi to Nero: A History of Rome from 133 BC to AD 68
10 best books like From the Gracchi to Nero: A History of Rome from 133 BC to AD 68 (H.H. Scullard): History of the Peloponnesian War, The Annals of Imperial Rome, Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief, 1759: The Year Britain Became Master of the World, Birds of America, The Last Generation of the Roman Republic, The Roman Revolution, The Jugurthine War and the Conspiracy of Catiline, The Ghosts of Cannae: Hannibal & the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic, The Military Institutions of the Romans
History of the Peloponnesian War
| Author | Thucydides |
| ISBN | 0140440399 |
Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the long life-and-death struggle between Athens and Sparta stands an excellent chance of fulfilling its author's ambitious claim. Thucydides himself (c.460-400 BC) was an Athenian and achieved the rank...
The Annals of Imperial Rome
In "The Annals of Imperial Rome", his last and greatest work, Tacitus (AD c.55-c.117) covers the period from AD 14, just before the death of Augustus, to the death of Nero in AD 68. Not all the passages have survived, but in those that have the depth and diversity of genius are manifest. From a vicious, vituperative...
Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief
| Author | Jordan B. Peterson |
| ISBN | 0415922224 |
Why have people from different cultures and eras formulated myths and stories with similar structures? What does this similarity tell us about the mind, morality, and structure of the world itself? Jordan Peterson offers a provocative new hypothesis that explores the connection between what modern...
| Author | Frank McLynn |
| ISBN | 0802142281 |
If not for the events of 1759, the entire history of the world would have been different. Called the "Year of Victories," 1759 was the fourth year of the Seven Years, or the French-and-Indian War and defeat of the French paved the way for the global hegemony of the English language. Guiding us through England's...
| Author | John James Audubon |
| ISBN | 1566491959 |
Most all of the North American birds are here...some people believe that true American art began with Audubon?! What a treat it must have been to see the now extinct Carolina parakeet and the most likely extinct Ivory-billed Woodpecker, which recently involved a massive manhunt here in Arkansas and...
| Author | Erich S. Gruen |
| ISBN | 0520201531 |
The biggest problem with history is History. Writing the story of the events is replete with the spoilers that we see coming - the ones that none of the actors of the events understand. Scholars that write the books we read on any historical subject wrestle with this dilemma. The temptation to place...
| Author | Ronald Syme |
| ISBN | 0192803204 |
The Roman Revolution is a profound and unconventional treatment of a great theme - the fall of the Republic and the decline of freedom in Rome between 60 BC and AD 14, and the rise to power of the greatest of the Roman Emperors, Augustus. The transformation of state and society, the violent transference...
| Author | Sallust |
| ISBN | 0140441328 |
"The Conspiracy of Catiline" (his first published work) contains the history of the memorable year 63. Sallust adopts the usually accepted view of Catiline, and describes him as the deliberate foe of law, order and morality, and does not give a comprehensive explanation of his views and intentions....
| Author | Robert L. O'Connell |
| ISBN | 1400067022 |
A stirring account of the most influential battle in history: For millennia, Carthage's triumph over Rome at Cannae in 216 BCE has inspired reverent awe. It was the battle that countless armies tried to imitate, most notably in World Wars I & II, the battle that obsessed military minds. Yet no general...
The Military Institutions of the Romans
| Author | Vegetius |
| ISBN | 1432563025 |
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving,...
