Libri Latest Topicshttps://www.unrv.com/forum/forum/44-libri/Libri Latest TopicsenTom Holland book “Pax: War and Peace in Rome’s Golden Age”https://www.unrv.com/forum/topic/19982-tom-holland-book-%E2%80%9Cpax-war-and-peace-in-rome%E2%80%99s-golden-age%E2%80%9D/ IMG_0303.thumb.jpeg.30ae1ad471ad5e11f30b26c222237c00.jpeg
 

This looks like an interesting book by the excellent writer Tom Holland. Here’s a nice review by “Goodreads”

 

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Pax is the third in a trilogy of books narrating the history of the Roman Empire. The series that began with Rubicon, and continued with Dynasty, now arrives at the period which marks the apogée of the pax Romana. It provides a portrait of the ancient world's ultimate superpower at war and at peace; from the gilded capital to the barbarous realms beyond the frontier; from emperors to slaves. The narrative features many of the most celebrated episodes in Roman history: the destruction of Jerusalem and Pompeii; the building of the Colosseum and Hadrian's Wall; the conquests of Trajan and the spread of Christianity. Pax gives a portrait of Rome, the great white shark of the ancient world, the Siberian tiger, at the very pinnacle of her greatness.

 
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62712920-pax
 

Here’s a good interview of Holland on his new book

 

 

 

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19982Sat, 08 Jul 2023 19:27:11 +0000
Mary Beard's Twelve Caesarshttps://www.unrv.com/forum/topic/19317-mary-beards-twelve-caesars/ Has anyone read this book? If so, what do you think? Many thanks in advance!

I have recently re-read S.P.Q.R. and it is such a great book! There were things about the history of Ancient Rome that we took for granted, and she really showed that they are not as certain as we thought they were.

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19317Thu, 23 Dec 2021 10:07:53 +0000
Free Roman Short Storyhttps://www.unrv.com/forum/topic/19352-free-roman-short-story/ Hope this is okay as it's kind of a plug, but for a free thing!

"Eagles in the Desert" is a short story prequel to my Late Roman "Legionary" series. It's a tale of desert warfare ⚔️🏝️- Rome vs Sassanid Persia

And, as mentioned above, you can download it for FREE, here 😀

https://www.gordondoherty.co.uk/eaglesinthedesertgetmycopy.html

"Eagles in the Desert was intense and ominous - a fast paced, gory battle tale centred around fathers and sons." - HWA Magazine

 

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19352Wed, 12 Jan 2022 14:40:55 +0000
The Hand of Fortunahttps://www.unrv.com/forum/topic/19208-the-hand-of-fortuna/ The hand of Fortuna - Jenn Phizacklea

A new book released by Australian author Jenn Phizacklea:

The year is 6 CE.

The family Plautii have reached the pinnacle of the Roman social hierarchy and politics, led by the charismatic Aulus Plautius and his cousin Silvanus; but that position will be threatened from unlooked-for sources, both inside and outside the family.

Silvanus has left his wife and children in Rome to take his place as Governor of Pamphylia and Galatia in the east, but behind him, chaos descends as his wife spirals out of control and his son behaves in unexpected, scandalous ways.

Meanwhile, the elder Aulus takes on an investigation into a shadowy figure named Facilus, unaware that the trail will lead him into a case that threatens both his hedonistic cousin, Rufus, and the family name, with disaster.

 

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19208Tue, 26 Oct 2021 00:50:53 +0000
"Cornelia" - Emil Tsenov's on Cornelia Superahttps://www.unrv.com/forum/topic/18946-cornelia-emil-tsenovs-on-cornelia-supera/ Dear all,


I have been writing books for several years and I am happy to say that one of them – the novel “Cornelia” – is now also available in English as an e-book.
The book was originally published in Bulgarian and had very good reviews which is why I decided to also have it published in English. I can promise you one thing - you will not be bored. 🙂 
You can get it as an eBook on Amazon by clicking here.

You can also learn more about the book and read the first chapters on my website www.tsenovbooks.com/en. You can also check out the first reviews on Amazon.


Thank you all for your interest, for sharing the news and for giving the book a chance - I will be very glad to hear your feedback and to discuss the book. And, of course, if you like it, please share it with others!
Stay safe,
Emil 

 

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In 2012 treasure-hunters stumble upon an exceptional find near the town of Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria – the tomb of the Roman Empress Cornelia Supera, who remains hitherto almost unknown to history. What they find next to her remains will entangle in a complex knot the destinies of people from different countries and of different social status. Cornelia’s inheritance is desired by American millionaires, English lords and Bulgarian Mafia bosses. At the center of all events is Alex, a professor at a local university, whose big passion are ancient coins. While chasing the unique aureus struck in the name of the Empress, he will have to ask himself many difficult questions and find the answers.

After eighteen centuries of oblivion, Cornelia finds a way to tell her story and to reveal an extraordinary woman – intelligent and with the ambition to change history. Together with her husband, the Emperor Aemilius Aemilianus, she will go through all stages of ascent and fall to sink into the mist of time and to again appear triumphantly from it. Cornelia’s story will shake our understanding of the history of Rome and its Balkan provinces in the 3rd century CE.

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18946Sat, 17 Apr 2021 15:36:23 +0000
Novel on the Catiline Conspiracyhttps://www.unrv.com/forum/topic/18784-novel-on-the-catiline-conspiracy/ I just published a book on the Catiline Conspiracy, entitled "The Fall of the Republic."  While it is fictional, it adheres closely to the accounts of Sallust and other historical sources.  Here is a summary:

In 63 B.C., Catilina—an angry, corrupt politician—conspired with foreign powers and criminal elements to overthrow the Roman Republic. Exploiting those who suffered from inequality, he sought to destroy the republic in the name of the people. In the end, he nearly achieved through violence what he could not attain by inciting the masses with lies. This true story of the near-destruction of a great republic contains poignant lessons for the ages.

"The Fall of the Republic" is available on Amazon, in both paperback and Kindle editions. Use the link below or search for my name. I hope that you enjoy it!

https://www.amazon.com/Fall-Republic-Scott-Savitz-ebook/dp/B08HZBNYS5/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1600453425&sr=8-1

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18784Fri, 18 Sep 2020 18:58:33 +0000
Historical Fiction: Bandit King - Volume I: Promotus - AD 391https://www.unrv.com/forum/topic/18734-historical-fiction-bandit-king-volume-i-promotus-ad-391/ I have just published my first Historical Fiction - Bandit King - Volume I: Promotus - AD 391.  [ISBN 9 781979 789295]

I first want to extend my warmest thanks for all the help I received here at UNRV in the research of my book and its time period.

It is the first in a series following the life / career of Alaric the Goth (AD 391 - 410).  

The book is free (kindle edition only, I think)  from 6 - 10 January, 2020.

 

I would appreciate your comments and opinions.  It is, of course fiction, but I tried to keep the setting as historically accurate as I could.  The only failing I had was trying to create the Goth's culture since so much as disappeared in the last 16 centuries.

Thank you for taking the time to read it.

Lothia

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18734Tue, 07 Jan 2020 01:36:04 +0000
The Iceni Rebellionhttps://www.unrv.com/forum/topic/18611-the-iceni-rebellion/ Hi There, i am wondering if anyone can recommend any good books or other sources of information on the Iceni Rebellion.

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18611Fri, 16 Mar 2018 10:09:45 +0000
My New Historical Novel Releases April 11https://www.unrv.com/forum/topic/18503-my-new-historical-novel-releases-april-11/ My new novel, THEOPHILUS: A TALE OF ANCIENT ROME will be released April 11.  It is a loose sequel to my first Roman novel, THE REDEMPTION OF PONTIUS PILATE.  It follows the adventures of Marcus Quintus Publius, a Quaestor during the reign of Claudius Caesar.  Given the Emperor's authority to clean up corruption in Rome's provinces, his odyssey takes  him from the shores of Brittania to the rocky plains of Judea, where he crosses paths with the disciples of the crucified sage Jesus of Nazareth.

 

I think Roman history fans everywhere will enjoy this story, and I hope that one of you will be kind enough to review it for me!

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18503Mon, 20 Mar 2017 18:04:43 +0000
Podcasts about new bookshttps://www.unrv.com/forum/topic/18450-podcasts-about-new-books/Dan Snow has a hit history podcast series (free, also on itunes) http://www.historyhitpodcast.com/ that so far has a couple excellent Roman ones with guest authors.

 

The Aug 3 one is with towering Roman author http://www.adriangoldsworthy.com/books.htm loosely based on his new Pax Romana book. Amazing perspective on how and why Rome thrived and fell, sometimes counter to what is often said. Note there were almost no independence or exit movements in Roman provinces.

 

The Sept 25 one based on book "Sea Eagles of Empire: The Classis Britannica and the Battles for Britain" by Simon Elliott. He gives a feel of amazing leverage of Roman seapower that engulfs the British coast and permeates it's rivers. Water is not a barrier but a highway in supporting armies.

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18450Thu, 29 Sep 2016 17:34:28 +0000
I've been writinghttps://www.unrv.com/forum/topic/18346-ive-been-writing/I've not been on here for ages but I have two books self published on Amazon for which I owe UNRV forum a great debt of gratitude. 

 

They are just aimed at kids although lots of adults have said they are a fun short read for any age. 

Caroline Lawrence has reviewed the first on Amazon and gave it four stars; which will do me, coming from such a renowned author.

 

Time Tunnel to Londinium and Londinium Revisisted could not have been realised without help from this forum and from the Latin discussion forum that I used. 

 

I'm not a bestselling author or anything, but I did manage to get into double figures one day this month. 

 

The books are on Kindle for 99p (99c) 
Kindle downloads can also be read on laptops/PCs and most smartphones and tablets.

 

I also have another book which is finished, save for proofreading and editing. 

This is a rather older age group full novel. Fair bit of violence and, probably the sequel will also contain much allusion to sex. 
Children of the Wise Oak is a fantasy laid over a real historical setting. Set in 80s BC Europe, Celtic British adolescents travel through Gaul and eventually to Rome 
Armed with magical powers but forced to avoid using those powers openly, they get a taste of the real might of Rome and of what may be to come. 

Should anyone be curious enough to read it, they can do so here Children of the Wise Oak on Inkshares 

Hope this isn't all just too self self self. 

 

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18346Fri, 22 Jan 2016 12:02:49 +0000
Top 10 reasons to read Martial!https://www.unrv.com/forum/topic/18325-top-10-reasons-to-read-martial/Gideon Nisbet, editor of the Oxford World’s Classics edition of Martial’s Epigrams tells us the top ten things we should know about Martial and his Epigrams.

 

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18325Fri, 18 Dec 2015 05:44:17 +0000
New History Books (November 2015)https://www.unrv.com/forum/topic/18294-new-history-books-november-2015/Hello everyone! Please see below the new releases of November 2015.

 

The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta by Paul Anthony Rahe

 

Damasus of Rome: The Epigraphic Poetry by Dennis Trout

 

The Restoration of the Roman Forum in Late Antiquity by Gregor Kalas

 

Battling the Gods: Atheism in the Ancient World by Tim Whitmarsh

 

Arminius the Liberator: Myth and Ideology by Martin M. Winkler

 

Roman Reflections: Studies in Latin Philosophy by Gareth D. Williams

 

Peasant-Citizen and Slave: The Foundations of Athenian Democracy by Ellen Meiksins Wood

 

The Making of the Ancient Greek Economy by Alain Bresson

 

The Union of Isis and Thoth: Magic and Initiatory Practices of Ancient Egypt by Normandi Ellis

 

The Gods, the State, and the Individual: Reflections on Civic Religion in Rome by John Scheid

 

Rome: The First Book of Foundations by Michel Serres

 

The Anglo-Saxon Age: The Birth of England by Martin Wall

 

Roman Military Architecture on the Frontiers by Rob Collins

 

Trajan's Column by Frank Leppard

 

From Pompeii: The Afterlife of a Roman Town by Ingrid D. Rowland

 

Religious Architecture in Latium and Etruria, c. 900-500 BC by Charlotte R. Potts

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18294Sun, 01 Nov 2015 06:11:57 +0000
New History Books (October 2015)https://www.unrv.com/forum/topic/18280-new-history-books-october-2015/Hello everyone! Please see below the new releases of October 2015.

 

Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar by Tom Holland

 

SPQR: A history of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard

 

Soldier of Rome: Rise of the Flavians: The Year of the Four Emperors - Part II by James Mace

 

Theodora: Actress, Empress, Saint (Women in Antiquity) by David Potter

 

Byzantium: A Very Short Introduction by Peter Saris

 

Art of Empire: The Roman Frescoes and Imperial Cult Chamber in Luxor Temple by Michael Jones

 

Ceramics, Cuisine and Culture: The archaeology and science of kitchen pottery in the mediterranean world by Michela Spataro

 

Staying Roman: Conquest and Identity in Africa and the Mediterranean by Jonathan Conant

 

Politics and Tradition Between Rome, Ravenna and Constantinople by M. Shane Bjornlie

 

Divine Honours for the Caesars: The First Christians' Responses by Bruce W. Winter

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18280Sun, 04 Oct 2015 15:46:08 +0000
New History Books (September 2015)https://www.unrv.com/forum/topic/18259-new-history-books-september-2015/Hello everyone! Please see below the new releases of September 2015.

 

Catalaunian Fields AD 451: Rome's last great battle by Simon MacDowall

 

Augustus: The Biography by Jochen Bleicken

 

Republican Roman Warships 509-27 BC by Raffaele D'Amato

 

Brutus: Caesar's Assassin by Kirsty Corrigan

 

Hidden Lives, Public Personae: Women and Civic Life in the Roman West by Emily Hemelrijk

 

Sacred Founders: Women, Men, and Gods in the Discourse of Imperial Founding by Diliana N. Angelova

 

The Emperor Commodus: God and Gladiator by John S McHugh

 

Arabs and Empire Before Islam by Greg Fisher

 

People under Power: Early Jewish and Christian Responses to the Roman Power Empire by Michael Labahn

 

Pagans and Christians in Late Antiquity by A. D. Lee

 

Shared Stories, Rival Tellings: Early Encounters of Jews, Christians, and Muslims by Robert C. Gregg

 

Art of Empire: The Roman Frescoes and Imperial Cult Chamber in Luxor Temple by Michael Jones

 

Civic Monuments and the Augustales in Roman Italy by Margaret L. Laird

 

Rome and the Spirit of Caesar: Shakespeare's Julius Caesar by Jan H. Blits

 

The Patricians and Emperors: The Last Rulers of the Western Roman Empire by Ian Hughes

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18259Sat, 05 Sep 2015 11:54:30 +0000
Patricians and Emperorshttps://www.unrv.com/forum/topic/18257-patricians-and-emperors/Hi all,

I am pleased to announce the arrival of my latest epic, this one on the last rulers of Imperial Rome:

 

'Patricians and Emperors:  The Last Rulers of the Western Roman Empire'. 

 

The Pen and Sword link shows the book with the correct title and cover!

 

http://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Patricians-and-Emperors-Hardback/p/10944

 

or maybe:

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Patricians-Emperors-Rulers-Western-Empire/dp/1848844123/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1441390046&sr=8-1&keywords=patricians+and+emperors

 

 

Sorry, but apparently it's not out in the US until December:

 

http://www.amazon.com/Patricians-Emperors-Rulers-Western-Empire/dp/1848844123/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1441390124&sr=8-1&keywords=Patricians+and+Emperors

 

I hope that everybody buys a copy and that you all enjoy reading it!

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18257Thu, 03 Sep 2015 20:15:59 +0000
New History Books (August 2015)https://www.unrv.com/forum/topic/18227-new-history-books-august-2015/Hello everyone! Please see below the new releases of august 2015.

 

Attila the Hun (Command) by Nic Fields

 

The Roman Wars In Spain: The Military Confrontation With Guerrilla Warfare by Daniel Varga

 

Under Another Sky: Journeys in Roman Britain by Charlotte Higgins

 

Stone Age Sailors: Paleolithic Seafaring in the Mediterranean by Alan H Simmons

 

Constantine the Emperor Reprint Edition by Davis S. Potter

 

Glass of the Roman World by Justine Bayley

 

Rome: A Brief History of an Ancient Empire by Arcangelo Mafrica

 

Monica: An Ordinary Saint (Women in Antiquity) by Gillian Clark

 

Christian Oxyrhynchus: Texts, Documents, and Sources by Lincoln Blumell

 

Language and Society in the Greek and Roman Worlds by James Clackson

 

Great Tales from British History: The Britons Challenge Rome by Patricia Southern

 

The Moving City: Processions, Passages and Promenades in Ancient Rome by Ida Ostenberg

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18227Thu, 06 Aug 2015 20:20:10 +0000
New History Books (June 2015)https://www.unrv.com/forum/topic/18202-new-history-books-june-2015/Hello everyone! Please see below the new releases of june 2015.

 

Rome's Revolution: Death of the Republic and Birth of the Empire by Richard Alston

 

Who Made Early Christianity? by John G. Gager Jr.

 

Barbarism and Religion: Volume 5, Religion: The First Triumph by J. G. A. Pocock

 

The Greeks in Asia by John Boardman

 

The Roman Wars In Spain: The Military Confrontation With Guerrilla Warfare by Daniel Varga

 

The Roman Forum: A Reconstruction and Architectural Guide by Gilbert J. Gorski

 

Two Romes: Rome and Constantinople in Late Antiquity by Lucy Grig

 

The Aurelian Wall and the Refashioning of Imperial Rome, AD 271-855 by Hendrik W. Dey

 

Language and Society in the Greek and Roman Worlds by James Clackson

 

Prison, Punishment and Penance in Late Antiquity by Julia Hillner

 

The Metallurgy of Roman Silver Coinage: From the Reform of Nero to the Reform of Trajan by Kevin Butcher

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18202Mon, 15 Jun 2015 19:56:02 +0000
New History Books (May 2015)https://www.unrv.com/forum/topic/18145-new-history-books-may-2015/Hello everyone! Please see below the new releases of may 2015.

 

The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece (The Princeton History of the Ancient World) by Josiah Ober

 

Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World by Jens M Daehner and Kenneth Lapatin

 

A Year in the Life of Ancient Egypt by Ann Rosalie David

 

Ancient Assyria: A Very Short Introduction by Karen Radner

 

The upper Walbrook valley cemetery of Roman London by Chiz Harward

 

The Seleukid Empire of Antiochus III (223-187 BC) by John D Grainger

 

Universal Salvation in Late Antiquity: Porphyry of Tyre and the Pagan-Christian Debate by Michael Bland Simmons

 

The Real Lives of Roman Britain [Kindle Edition] by Guy de la Bedoyere

 

The Oxford Handbook of Aristotle (Oxford Handbooks) by Christopher Shields

 

The Metallurgy of Roman Silver Coinage: From the Reform of Nero to the Reform of Trajan by Kevin Butcher

 

The Roman Empire from Severus to Constantine by Patricia Southern

 

The Oxford Handbook of Maximus the Confessor by Pauline Allen

 

Athens Transformed, 404-262 BC: From Popular Sovereignty to the Dominion of Wealth by Phillip Harding

 

Emperors and Ancestors: Roman Rulers and the Constraints of Tradition by Olivier Hekster

 

A Companion to Augustine (Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World) by Mark Vessey

 

A Companion to the Punic Wars (Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World) by Dexter Hoyos

 

Claudius (Roman Imperial Biographies) [second Edition] by Barbara Levick

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18145Fri, 01 May 2015 13:54:24 +0000
The Ides of Aprilhttps://www.unrv.com/forum/topic/16326-the-ides-of-april/According to her website, Lindsey Davis' next book (entitled 'The Ides of April') will be the start of a new series.

 

First of a new series of crime novels set in Ancient Rome and featuring Flavia Albia, the adopted daughter of much-loved Marcus Didius Falco.

 

Based on real historical events: mysterious poisonings, in which victims died, often unaware they had been attacked. Albia is now 28 and an established female investigator. Her personal history and her British birth enable her to view Roman society and its traditions as a bemused outsider and also as a woman struggling for independence in a man

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