Ancient History Hit Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Boudica: Warrior Woman of Roman Britain
Caitlin Gillespie
Cassius Dio rarely gives extensive speeches to women in his Roman History. One remarkable exception, however, is the speech that he provides Boudica at the start of her revolt. Boudica, with Caitlin Gillespie Part 1 π§ https://t.co/e9e7nxTlSv Part 2 π§ https://t.co/GZEthPT9df https://t.co/pi3pQg4D2b
Paperback, 2020
$30.99$15.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Tutankhamun: Lost for Three Thousand Years, Misunderstood for a Century
Joyce Tyldesley
Ancients Podcast! Tutankhamun - with Professor Joyce Tyldesley. https://t.co/FznlURamRX https://t.co/hnERjKfBiu
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Gallic Wars
Julius Caesar
The Ninth Legion fought for Julius Caesar throughout first the Gallic Wars and then the ensuing Civil War. From Bibracte to the Battle of Munda. The Mystery of the Ninth Legion π§ https://t.co/dHBogx7lA0 https://t.co/BtP6d93deK
Paperback, 2012
$11.97$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Nero Caesar: The Sixth Head of the Beast
Jay Rogers
Attempts to tie Nero to the 'Anti-Christ' by Christian writers were slightly tenuous to say the least. If Nero's full name 'Nero Caesar' is converted to 'Neron Kaiser', and this name translated into Hebrew, the letters add up to 666. https://t.co/xq6YrL0hv6
Paperback, 2021
$45.95$22.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Olympia: A Cultural History
Judith M. Barringer
One of the most famous military dedications - 'tropaia' - in the Temple of Zeus at Olympia was a bronze helmet dedicated by the Athenian general Miltiades. Olympia: The Golden Age, with Professor Judith Barringer π§ https://t.co/eivEQX5Gd9 https://t.co/PZA3Jce0Wa
Hardcover, 2021
$39.95$19.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World
Paul Cartledge
The Persian King Xerxes' invasion of Greece in 480 BC was the largest amphibious invasion of Europe before D-Day in 1944 The Battle of Thermopylae, with Paul Cartledge π§ https://t.co/cZ8bPTaAnp https://t.co/GZw53bnqQO
Paperback, 2007
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus
Lindsay Powell
Marcus Agrippa let his BFF Caesar Augustus adopt his two sons, Caius and Lucius -- while he was still alive Agrippa, with @Lindsay_Powell π§ https://t.co/AW5nr9l7qe https://t.co/0Y8tJCIdy2
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Masada: From Jewish Revolt to Modern Myth
Jodi Magness
Herod the Great was a prolific builder. From Masada to Herodium, his reign's monumental constructions have left more of a lasting imprint on the landscape of Judaea than any other single person in history. King Herod, with Professor Jodi Magness π§ https://t.co/oQdMEp2cYd https://t.co/iz8FUlgKWj
Paperback, 2021
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Gallic Wars
Gaius Julius Caesar
On the Ides of March 44 BC, Marc Antony was separated from Julius Caesar as he entered the senate meeting, after he was pulled aside by Gaius Trebonius. Trebonius had served alongside Marc Antony and Caesar since the Gallic Wars, but was involved in the plot to kill Caesar. https://t.co/KrWc2cAMmI
Hardcover, 2013
$40.00$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Plutarch: Life of Antony
Plutarch
Cleopatra's mausoleum is described in Plutarch's Life of Antony as having multiple floors - with windows or doors in an upper level which allowed Cleopatra to communicate with those on the ground outside The Lost Tomb of Cleopatra π§ https://t.co/arJGJ4gDLS https://t.co/f9M8R05Sct
Paperback, 1988
$44.99$22.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book