Historian Recommends 10 Ancient History Books

It looks at a number of recorded murders, homicides, killings from ancient Rome, how they were tried, how the victims and victims' families were treated, how the perpetrators or the accused were treated, how the legal system worked, how it changed, and all of that I find so compelling. And if you ever thought that legal criminal history could be dry, this book will prove otherwise.

having the opportunity to like sit down and fully immerse myself in the research of women's sexual pleasure in antiquity to write this book was just such an honor. I felt like it was a real privilege to be able to look at all this evidence that we have that's often been overlooked or not treated seriously.

And I think it's a really fascinating way to look at ancient society through the lens of atheism and to look at ancient religion through the th through the lens of atheism. And I think for that reason, this is such an interesting book.

And this is a fascinating book because you get a look into the lives of, , these women who are often forgotten by pop culture, , who lived over the course of hundreds of years straddling both Macedonian and Egyptian culture. And for that reason I think this is very interesting and is also written in a very engaging way.

So, this is a book that has followed me throughout my career. I was first introduced to it at university during my undergraduate, and I continued to refer to it during my master's and my PhD. So, yeah, this is a phenomenal, phenomenal book.

And I thought this book was really, really engaging, very, very accessible. Like I think anyone could read this and it would make a great introduction, I think, to ancient history for anybody. If I was still teaching, I would recommend this.

This again is like one of like the sort of most influential books on the Spartans in terms of how it has kind of like made information about Spartan society more accessible to a broader audience. And again, it's continued to like inspire a lot of scholarship since then and it's a really good overview.

So, this is a great case study and a really interesting case study for something like that. And this will break down some of those misconceptions and give you a little bit of insight into what we really do know.

it is so much more and it is so much more expansive. And if you've ever wondered to yourself what was happening in antiquity outside of Greece and outside of Rome, then this is the book for you. it's phenomenal and I'm so glad I do have a copy.

And I love this book. I was so compelled by it. Like, it was one of the This was one of those non-fiction books I could not put down and I continue to recommend to everyone.