by Horatius Piscinus on Sat Feb 28, 2004 11:48 am
Salve Publi Flore
All good recommendations by Tiberius Coruncanius. I often rely on Cornell's Beginnings as a quick reference. I might add Michael Crawford's The Roman Republic as an over view of the Republic; brief but valuable. Most of the better books on the Republic concern its end. One standard would be Party Politics in the Age of Caesar by Lily Ross Taylor, another being The Roman Revolution by Ronald Syme. But for balance try Erich Gruen's The Last Generation of the Roman Republic and a little book for questioning the arguments of the standards, Rome in the Late Republic by Mary Beard and Michael Crawford. The other era most often covered is that of the Punic Wars, many books out there. I have yet to find a good read on the era of the Gracchi. More of interest to me is the Era of the Samnite wars, Livy being the one main source, and a fairly good criticism of Livy's account is found in Samnium and the Samnites by E. T. Salmon.
Oh, and welcome to SVR!
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M Horatius Piscinus
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