Any Roman Historians / History Buffs?

Originally Posted by VirtualSmitty

I own those two, as well as another that I can't find at the moment. Can't go wrong with either. To be honest though I read mostly about the Republican era of Rome up till Augustus then switch gears read about the late eastern Roman empire (Byzantine era).

If you haven't read any Polybius or Livy tranlations you should, excellent reading!

Beat me too it!

Meditations is one of the greatest writings ever top 10 status.

I'm happy to see some other history buffs here

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Originally Posted by VirtualSmitty

If you haven't read any Polybius or Livy tranlations you should, excellent reading!

I haven't - suggestions?

Originally Posted by Ace$nyper

I'm happy to see some other history buffs here

I guess I have always had this underlying fascination with the Roman Empire. During my college years as an Architectural student: Roman architecture and design and then later on in the Army - the Roman battle tactics.

Would love to get more involved but it's such a vast territory - it's a daunting task on deciding where to start! I'm thinking along the lines of early history and then a good overall time line type book as starters. Any suggestions along these lines?

Thanks for the help so far -

Ron

[VirtualSmitty]

For Polybius I have the Loeb classic translations by WR Paton. Excellent 2 volume translation.

Livy I have to look for. Have a few books I read in college that got put away somewhere. I'll see if I can't dig em out tomorrow.