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Roman History from the Sources

D. B. Killings (Chicago, IL United States)
Qualifications: Medieval/Classical Historian

Livy: The Early History of Rome (Books I-V) by Titus Livy
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Books I-V of Livy's History of Rome, probably the most important source we have on Roman history. This volume covers the founding and early history.

Rome and Italy : Books VI-X of the History of Rome from its Foundation (Penguin Classics) by Titus Livy
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Books VI-X of Livy's Roman History. Continues from the sack of Rome by the Gauls to just before the Punic Wars.

The War with Hannibal : Books XXI-XXX of the History of Rome from its Foundation (Classics S.) by Titus Livius Livy
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Books XXVI-XXX of Livy's Roman History. Covers principally the 2nd Punic War, the famous war where Carthage nearly destroyed Rome.

Rome and the Mediterranean : Books XXXI-XLV of the History of Rome from its Foundation (Penguin Classics) by Titus Livy
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Books XXXI-XLV of Livy's Roman History. Covers the immediate aftermath of the 2nd Punic War. Unfortunately, these four Penguin volumes represent nearly all of Livy that has survived.

The Rise of the Roman Empire (Penguin Classics) by Polybius
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Another source for early Roman history, used by Livy and others. Although this edition is an abridgement of the surviving Polybius corpus, it is still a very useful place to start.

The Conquest of Gaul (Penguin Classics) by Julius Caesar
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Julius Caeser's first hand account of the conquest of Gaul (now France).

The Civil War (Penguin Classics) by Julius Caesar
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Julius Caeser's first hand account of the great Roman Civil War, left unfinished at his death.

The Civil Wars (Penguin Classics) by Appian
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Near first-hand account of events during the Roman Civil War.

The Jugurthine War & The Conspiracy of Catiline by Sallust
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Another first hand account of the Roman Civil War.

Histories, The by Tacitus
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Another competant early history of Rome.

The Annals of Imperial Rome (Penguin Classics) by Tacitus
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More on the early Roman Imperium

The Agricola and The Germania (Penguin Classics) by Tacitus
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The Agricola is the oldest extant account of Britain, while the Germania is an early description of the German frontier.

The Twelve Caesars (Penguin Classics) by Suetonius
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Accounts of a number of early Roman Emperors

Makers of Rome : Nine Lives (Penguin Classics) by Plutarch
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Plutarch was one of the first to write biographies in the modern sense, and his accounts of prominent Greeks and Romans remains a hallmark of early historical lit.

The Fall of the Roman Republic : Six Lives (Penguin Classics) by Plutarch
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Plutarch's biographies of the principle figures of the Roman Civil War

The Roman History : The Reign of Augustus (Penguin Classics) by Cassius Dio
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Dio's history is slightly unconventional, but entertaining neverthless.

The Jewish War : Revised Edition (The Penguin Classics) by Flavius Josephus
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The only surviving first hand account of the Jewish Revolt of AD73-75 (or thereabouts).

Lives of the Later Caesars : Augustan History, Part 1; Lives of Nerva and Trajan (Penguin Classics) by Anonymous
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Lives of the middle to late Emperors.

The Later Roman Empire : A.D. 354-378 (Penguin Classics) by Ammianus Marcellinus
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All good things must come to an end...

Natural History: A Selection (Penguin Classics) by the Elder Pliny
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Strictly speaking, Pliny's Natural History isn't so much a history of Rome as it is an encyclopedia of Roman knowledge about the world around them, including the "less civilized" areas of their world.

The Rise of Rome : Books One to Five (Oxford World's Classics) by Livy
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Translation of Books I-V of Livy's Roman History. A decent alternative to the Penguin translations listed above.

The Dawn of the Roman Empire : Books Thirty-One to Forty (Oxford World's Classics) by Livy
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Books XXXI-XL of Livy's Roman History. Another decent translation alternative.

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