Books on Alexander the Great, Hannibal and the Roman Empire

[Mr Durian]

Hi there, I'm wanting to learn more about these 3 topics. Do you guys have any good books to recommend on the subjects. Thanks.

Durian.

[ShadesPanther]

I just put in an order at amazon ..er..from santa.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/034911563X/qid=1103800379/ref=pd_ka_0/026-6367196-9106824
Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0306804980/qid=1103800451/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_18_1/026-6367196-9106824
Hannibal: Enemy of Rome

and
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0712666087/ref=pd_bxgy_img_2_cp/026-6367196-9106824
The Punic Wars: Rome, Carthage and the Struggle for the Mediterranean

[Beirut]

Scipio Africanus by Liddell Hart. An excellent biography and strategic study of the man who pounded the bejeezus out of Hannibal.

There's another bok I saw at Amazon, I think it's called The Generalship of Alexander the Great by J.F.C.Fuller. I think the book was pretty expensive, but Fuler is one of the great military writers. I'm sure it's worth the mney.

(My sister sent me a $50 online gift certificate for Amazon. Yeah baby! I'm shopping today. Have my eyes on Liddell Harts bio of General Sherman, and his bio of T.E.Lawrence. I think I'll have enough left for The Seven Pillars of Wisdom. This is going to be fun. :book: )

[The_Doctor]

The Complete Roman Army by Adrian Goldsworthy (He has been on Time Commanders and Line of Fire) is a good book, though I have nothing to compare it to as it is the only book I have read about the Roman army. It has lots of drawings of equipment and pictures of ancient things (like buildings). It covers all the different types of Roman army from hoplite warfare to the fall of the empire.

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

Adrian Goldsworthy is great. I would also recommend, by him;


In the Name of Rome-The Men who Won the Roman Empire. (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0753817896/qid=1103840309/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/202-1658338-3486256)


The Fall of Carthage-The Punic Wars 265-146BC (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0304366420/qid=1103840386/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_11_1/202-1658338-3486256)

[nokhor]

for the roman empire, i highly recommend "A History of Rome" by M. Cary and H.H. Scullard. Its 600 pages, small print, and covers political, military, economic and social history from the foundation of rome to constantine.