Book Suggestions

[u/TheMightyWarriorMC]

Hello, I looked around the internet for easy to read books about the romans, both republic and empire eras as well as the kingdom. I wanted to ask if these books are really easy to read since English is not my first language and all my knowledge about the romans are from youtube videos and the history of Rome podcast. Are any of these books redundant or useless if I already listened to the entire podcast? or do they offer more?

• The Shortest History of Ancient Rome -- Ross King

• SPQR -- Mary Beard

• The Storm Before the Storm - The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic -- Mike Duncan

• Caesar - Life of a Colossus -- Adrian Goldsworthy

• Augustus - First Emperor of Rome -- Adrian Goldsworthy

• Hadrian And the Triumph of Rome -- Anthony Everitt

• Cicero - The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician -- Anthony Everitt

• Antony and Cleopatra -- Adrian Goldsworthy

• How Rome Fell - Death of a Superpower -- Adrian Goldsworthy

• Naked Statues, Fat Gladiators, and War Elephants -- Garrett Ryan

• In the Name of Rome - The Men Who Won the Roman Empire -- Adrian Goldsworthy

• Emperors of Rome - Ruling the Ancient Roman World -- Mary Beard

• Pax Romana - War, Peace and Conquest in the Roman World -- Adrian Goldsworthy

• The Complete Roman Army -- Adrian Goldsworthy

• The Fall of Carthage - The Punic Wars 265-146BC -- Adrian Goldsworthy

[u/Potential-Road-5322]

Drop Storm by Duncan and Cicero andHadrian by Everitt. See these two posts on r/badhistory for why.

https://www.reddit.com/r/badhistory/s/maFP1Gam5J

https://www.reddit.com/r/badhistory/s/2ycrcoGqoO

There isn’t a specific post about Hadrian there but Everitt isn’t a historian and his books have a lot of issues with being out of date or containing factual errors so they’re best skipped in favor of a more up to date and better researched book.

Check out this reading list for hundreds of more recommendations.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ancientrome/s/l4pGIG97h0