History

Before I had the wisdom to start my own blog I used to post my reviews to Amazon. Links to the Amazon site say “Amazon” after the title of the book.

Click on the links below to see the reviews:

69 A.D. The Year of the Four Emperors by Gwyn Morgan

A history of Civilizations by Fernand Braudel

All Under Heaven: A Complete History of China by Rayne Kruger (Amazon)

Daily Life in Ancient Rome by Jerome Carcopino

Myths of Ancient Rome by Brian Innes (Amazon)

Persian Fire: The First World Empire, Battle for the West by Tom Holland (Amazon)

Roman Auxiliary Cavalryman AD 14-193 by Nic Fields (Amazon)

Rome’s Greatest Defeat: Massacre in the Teutoburg Forest by Adrian Murdoch (Amazon)

The Battle that Stopped Rome: Emperor Augustus, Arminius and the Slaughter of the Legions in the Teutoburg Forest by Peter S. Wells (Amazon)

The Classical World: An Epic History of Greece and Rome by Robin Lane Fox (Amazon)

The Galapagos Affair by Johne Treherne (Amazon)

The Roman Army at War 100 BC – AD 200 by Adrian Keith Goldsworthy (Amazon)

The Punic Wars, Rome, Carthage and the Struggle for the Mediterranean By Nigel Bagnall

The Soul of Battle, From Ancient Times to the Present Day, How Three Great Liberators Vanquished Tyranny by Victor Davis Hanson