so as an aspiring classicist (slash medievalist) i like roman history A Lot, and i read about it A Lot, and over time i’ve come up with A Lot of reliable resources for studying it.
online:
- ancient history encyclopedia
- fordham ancient history sourcebook (rome)
- fordham ancient history sourcebook (byzantium)
- de imperatoribus romanis
- illustrated history of the roman empire
ancient sources:
- the history of rome (livy) – covers from rome’s (obscure, semimythological) early history all the way up to the reign of augustus. long, dull, but relatively worth it.
- lives of the twelve caesars (suetonius) – deals with the lives of julius caesar through to emperor domitian. fair warning: people don’t call suetonius an ancient gossip columnist for nothing, so take him with a grain of salt.
- annals (tacitus) – reign of tiberius to reign of nero, everyone loves this one.
- de bello gallico (julius caesar) – caesar’s own record of his campaign in gaul, aka roman war propaganda. short but important part of roman history.
books:
i’ve read most of these and been recommended the rest, but they reflect my own interest in specific subjects. you can find a more comprehensive list here.
- rubicon (tom holland)
- a history of rome (m. cary and h.h. scullard)
- the roman republic (michael crawford)
- who’s who in the roman world (john hazel)
- spqr (mary beard)
- the classical world (robin lane fox)
- cicero (anthony everitt)
audio:
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