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<p>[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 4508190, member: 57463"]It is a classic, published first over 50 years ago as two volumes, Greek and Roman. For decades, it was the standard. Whitman bought the rights and reprinted it as one volume. And it has been surpassed. It's good on its own merits, but allow me to recommend the series by Wayne Sayles. The six volumes cover a fuller spectrum, but you can just get the ones you want. Also, for Romans, the handbook by David Vagi is probably the widely accepted desk reference, but I would query [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] in this forum directly on his recommendations.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you join the ANA, when they come back online, you will find their library worth every penny of your membership. I have borrowed very many books from them for writing articles on a wide range of topics.</p><p><br /></p><p>You said that you are a history teacher, so you will do well with this. Good luck.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 4508190, member: 57463"]It is a classic, published first over 50 years ago as two volumes, Greek and Roman. For decades, it was the standard. Whitman bought the rights and reprinted it as one volume. And it has been surpassed. It's good on its own merits, but allow me to recommend the series by Wayne Sayles. The six volumes cover a fuller spectrum, but you can just get the ones you want. Also, for Romans, the handbook by David Vagi is probably the widely accepted desk reference, but I would query [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] in this forum directly on his recommendations. If you join the ANA, when they come back online, you will find their library worth every penny of your membership. I have borrowed very many books from them for writing articles on a wide range of topics. You said that you are a history teacher, so you will do well with this. Good luck.[/QUOTE]
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