Ancient Warfare Podcast (383): A Christmas reading list
With Christmas just around the corner, the Ancient Warfare team take a break from battles to share their top reading recommendations for the holidays. From newly released studies to timeless classics, Jasper, Murray, Mark, Lindsay, and Marc each choose books that any ancient warfare enthusiast would love to find under the tree.
Whether you’re looking for inspiration for your own list or shopping for a fellow history buff, this episode is full of great ideas to keep you reading well into the new year.
Suggested books
- Decorated Roman Armour: From the Ages of the Kings to the Death of Justinian the Great
- Germanicus: The Magnificent Life and Mysterious Death of Rome’s Most Popular General
- Inside the Roman Legions: The Soldier’s Experience 264–107 BCE
- The War for Gaul: A New Translation
- Crossing the Pomerium: The Boundaries of Political, Religious, and Military Institutions from Caesar to Constantine
- Shadow Empires: An Alternative Imperial History
- Ancient Rome in Fifty Monuments
- Early Rome to 290 BC: The Beginnings of the City and the Rise of the Republic
- The African Emperor: The Life of Septimius Severus
- Weapons, Warriors and Battles of Ancient Iberia
- Caesarian Legionary vs Pompeian Legionary: Rome’s Civil War 49–45 BC: 82
- Roman Cavalry Tactics: 263
- The Wars of Justinian I
- A Thousand Ships: A Gripping Feminist Retelling of the Trojan War
- The Children of Jocasta: A Viscerally Atmospheric Retelling of Greek Myth
- Hadrian’s Wall
- Vindolanda
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1 comment
Thanks for the recommendations. However it is a shame that Ancient Warfare’s Christmas only extends as far as the boundaries of Rome. Do you guys have recommendations for anything else?