#i was like. oh ho. my curiosity. consider it piqued. obviously the only thing to do is compare all antony-octavian-octavia dynamics

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Hi! Do you have any recommendations for people who are trying to get into Roman history? (Specifically the Roman Republic)

I’ve started with Rubicon by Tom Holland, but I’m curious if you have any other book recommendations or books you love about this time period?

tbh I care more about the creative-social history/legacy/reception involving the Roman Republic than the actual study of Roman history as a whole, so when I think of entry ways for getting into the Late Republic, it's more like: Shakespeare's Julius Caesar or HBO Rome (AND OFC, MY BELOVED STARZ SPARTACUS) followed by Manfredi Piccolomini's The Brutus Revival or M.L. Clarke's The Noblest Roman (getting interested in Spartacus will take you everywhere you need to go with the Republic also)

alternatively, picking a roman politician and getting really weird about them will also take you all over the place, since roman politicians don't die normally.

otherwise, what I usually recommend when people ask me about learning more about the Republic is The Last Generation of the Roman Republic-- wicked title, good read, solid book.