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Books on Ancient Greece Recommended by Christopher Pelling
- steve_gh 8y agoI would also recommend any ancient history written by Tom Holland - "Persian Fire" about the Persian invasion of Greece is a good introduction to the era. Also, Adam Nicholson's "The Might Dead: Why Homer Matters" is a brilliant read, linking such disparate topics as Albanian and Scottish bardic traditions, and LA gang culture.
- snakeboy 8y agoI'll second Tom Holland. I read "Rubicon" not too long ago. I would recommend pairing it with Dan Carlin's Hardcore History podcast series on the era for an extremely cohesive and engaging account of the Roman republic's decline.
- xref 8y agoLoved Persian Fire, in the middle of Rubicon right now as well. Excellent call on the Hardcore History - King of Kings three part (13 hour!) podcast. Listened to this falling asleep in my hammock on a backpacking trip for a week, amazing. https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-56-kings-of-kings/ https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-56-kings-of-kings... https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-57-kings-kings-ii/ https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-57-kings-kings-ii... https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-58-kings-kings-iii/ https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-58-kings-kings-ii...
- rock8y 8y agoI am looking for such a list on Russia.
- spenuke 8y agoThat's the website's stock in trade! https://fivebooks.com/?s=russia&post_type=interview https://fivebooks.com/?s=russia&post_type=interview
- B1FF_PSUVM 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thucydides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thucydides
- coldcode 8y agoThe ancient Greeks and Romans are fascinating histories. I've always thought of the Greeks as philosophers and the Romans as engineers. In fact I learned to love both taking Latin for 4 years in high school because the teacher loved to take a whole week to teach us history whenever someone asked him a question about something in old Rome.
- myle 8y agoI would definitely suggest reading something about Plato or Socrates.