I've been reading The Roman Empire in Crisis by Paul N Pearson. It summarises a lot of fairly recent discoveries (a palimpsest of Dexippus, archaeological evide

I've been reading The Roman Empire in Crisis by Paul N Pearson. It summarises a lot of fairly recent discoveries (a palimpsest of Dexippus, archaeological evidence of battles etc) to give a more detailed account of the Crisis of the Third Century in Rome. Pretty dry stuff, but reminds you that event ancient history is still a living thing.