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.