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    Default Re: EB Bibliography II: What are you currently reading?

    I am currently reading three books which are relevant to your question:

    Xenophon's Anabasis. I am rereading this, as I remember reading it when I was translating bits at school. I reckon the version I read then was abridged, as I cant remember reading anything about what happened after they reached Trapezous.
    Edit: To anyone who hasnt read this, its an extremely readable, enjoyable book, I highly recommend it. Its the story of a mercenary army of 10 000 greek hoplites hired by Cyrus, a pretender to the throne of Persia (in about 400BC). They get virtually to Babylon, beat the King, but unfortunately Cyrus is killed in the battle (Cunaxa) and the greeks are stuck in the middle of a hostile country. The story tells how they got back to greece, chronicled by Xenophon who was one of the generals.

    Polybius' Histories: in preparation for the historical campaign I am going to play as the Romans when EB 0.82 (or whatever the devs consider to be the next big release) is released.

    I am also reading Plutarch's Lives, but only when I go to the bookshop on saturdays. Theres a great bookshop where I live which combines comfortable leather armchairs and for some reason being a social hub where all the beautiful people meet, so its a good place to lurk, read and people-watch!

    (Just in case people are thinking Im some kind of freak, I am also reading some fiction which is not based in antiquity, but I'll mention it anyway: 'Birds Without Wings' is a story set in Turkey, and traces the development of that country and its neighbours through the lives of characters living through last century. A very interesting book about whats happening now in the region I tend to play in in EB! Also 'Labyrinth' which is a thriller in the vein of the Da Vinci Code, but better IMHO...)
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    I'm reading Pontus and the Outside World: Studies in Black Sea History, Historiography, and Archaelogy. editied by C.J. Tuplin. It's a collection of articles, the one I'm reading right now is about the Bosphoran Kingdom's political system and it's diplomatic relationships with the rest of the Hellenistic world, espeically the Ptolemaic Egypt.
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    De Oudheid: Grieken en Romeinen in de context van de wereldgeschiedenis by F.G. Naerebout and H.W. Singor. It's an extremely useful overview of the classical world from the Persian empire to the fall of Rome, with a brief overview of the rest of the world at the same time at the start of each period. Though the reason I'm reading it is for an exam coming tuesday on this subject, I can recommend it to any Dutch reader looking for a comprehensive guide to the period.
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    Currently reading The Sword of Hannibal by Terry McCarthy

    Next up is probably going to be Pride of Carthage by David Anthony Durham

    I'll give you a list of books I enjoyed a little later when I have some more free time. Just about all of them will be historical fiction dealing mostly with Rome and a few with ancient Greece.



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    Just finished "Empire of Dragons" by Valerio Massimo Manfredi, a bunch of roman soldiers that reach China. Quite simply,it sucked, too Gladiator-style for my taste. I mean the roman general fights with a gladius in each hand, not to talk about the hiper-super-duper chinese warrior monks ...

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    Done with (generaly) Alexanders campaign talks generaly about the Greeks fued with persia,macedons rise,and the conquest of the persians empire and the aftermath. Pictures of battle formation,weopons, and some small accounts off the battles. Very good in my opinion that tries to detail the conquest but not bieng a college level book.


    That xenophons anabasis is interesting. Heard about it when I played age of empires. Now that I know the name Im going to try and find it.

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    Ancient books/Books based on that period I am reading:

    Plutarch's Life of Alexander for History class
    Plutarch's Fall of the Roman Republic (Because I like Plutarch)

    Today I bought Adrian Goldsworthy's In the Name of Rome
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    Done with (generaly) Alexanders campaign talks generaly about the Greeks fued with persia,macedons rise,and the conquest of the persians empire and the aftermath. Pictures of battle formation,weopons, and some small accounts off the battles. Very good in my opinion that tries to detail the conquest but not bieng a college level book.


    That xenophons anabasis is interesting. Heard about it when I played age of empires. Now that I know the name Im going to try and find it.

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    Done with (generaly) Alexanders campaign talks generaly about the Greeks fued with persia,macedons rise,and the conquest of the persians empire and the aftermath. Pictures of battle formation,weopons, and some small accounts off the battles. Very good in my opinion that tries to detail the conquest but not bieng a college level book.


    That xenophons anabasis is interesting. Heard about it when I played age of empires. Now that I know the name Im going to try and find it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Geoffrey S
    De Oudheid: Grieken en Romeinen in de context van de wereldgeschiedenis by F.G. Naerebout and H.W. Singor.
    No need to recommend it, I was reading it myself some weeks ago.

    I also read Ancient Persia: from 550 BC to 650 AD by Jozef Wiesehöfer.

    My current read is Memories of Hadrianus by Marguerite Yourcenar. Not as historical as well as philosophical.

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    Bob Dylan: Chronicles, volume one.

    I know, not really related to EB.
    I also have a swedish book about Alexander the Great, but I don't speak swedish...
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    I am currently reading Barry Cuncliff's Ancient Celts.

    It's a nice interesting read, or at least chapter one is

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lucasiewicz
    My current read is Memories of Hadrianus by Marguerite Yourcenar. Not as historical as well as philosophical.
    Hey, absolutely loved that book. I found it beautiful how Yourcenar managed to perfectly capture the essence of a great leader confronted by his own approaching demise after living through those of so many others.
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    "Das Bosporanische Reich - Der Nordosten des Schwarzen Meeres in der Antike"
    (The bosporan kingdom - the nordeast of the black sea in antiquity)

    A collection of rather independent chapters written by a team of authors, mostly russian or ukrainian archaelogists describing the sites where they have done excavations. Contains one chapter about the history of reasearch in the area, a summary about the kingdoms history and descriptions of some sites: Pantikapaion, Phanagoreia, Tanais, the early greek settlement by Taganarog, Gorgippia and the settlement Vysesteblievskaja 11 in the hinterland of the Taman peninsula.

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    I always fall asleep when I read, so I dont read
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