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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 2870262, member: 84744&quot;]Thanks for the review, Sallent.&nbsp; I picked up the first one to give it a try!</p><p><br /></p><p>Historical fiction is my favourite way to learn about history.&nbsp; For the same period, but more political than military, I would recommend Colleen McCullough&#039;s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters_of_Rome" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters_of_Rome" rel="nofollow">Masters of Rome</a> series.&nbsp; It starts with this one:</p><p><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51Lz7kibINL._SX331_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>which is primarily about Gaius Marius. <i>The Grass Crown</i> continues with Sulla, then the rest are about Caesar. (Then there&#039;s a sort of sequel about Octavian and Antony.)&nbsp; The stories are told from many different points of view, and there&#039;s lots of historical detail and great (as well as a great many) characters. Not to be missed, in my opinion.&nbsp; And you can get coins linked to a lot of the events &amp; characters to liven up your Republican/Imperatorial collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>For Greek historical fiction, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Renault" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Renault" rel="nofollow">Mary Renault</a> can&#039;t be beat.&nbsp; Two of my favourites are <i>Last of the Wine</i>, about the Pelopponesian war from the perspective of an Athenian, and her Alexander series: <i>Fire from Heaven</i>, <i>The Persian Boy</i>, and <i>Funeral Games</i>.&nbsp; These are simply great literature.</p><p><br /></p><p>A bit more obscure, I like Wallace Breem&#039;s <i>Eagle in the Snow</i>, about the Vandals, Alans, Suebi and others crossing the frozen Rhine in 406 and invading Gaul. Great book about the dying empire, lots of action (at least towards the end) but also impeccably written.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like Harry Sidebottom too, which [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER] mentioned.&nbsp; For Carthaginian, <i>Pride of Carthage </i>by David Anthony Durham is good, about Hannibal.&nbsp; (I think maybe someone here on CT recommended it?)&nbsp; Of course there&#039;s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Claudius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Claudius" rel="nofollow"><i>I, Claudius</i></a>, and you might want to try <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Pressfield" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Pressfield" rel="nofollow">Stephen Pressfield</a>.&nbsp; I could go on, but I&#039;ll stop there!</p><p><br /></p><p>To get a coin in... for some bizarre reason, the UK edition of Caesar&#039;s Women (4th in the McCullough series) features a Syracusan tetradrachm from 400 years previously?!? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41JBRWT4BAL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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