The Roman History Reading Group
Reading List for 2012 (corrected December 28, 2011)
January 4 & 18, February 1 Caesar: A Novel by Colleen McCullough
Background (online): Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic and Civil WarsFebruary 15 Render Unto Caesar by Gillian Bradshaw
(also as eBook)March 7 & 21 Plutarch: Moralia / incomplete at LacusCurtius
Selections to be decided.April 4 Getorix: Games of the Underworld by Judith Geary (author chat)
April 18, May 2 Antony and Cleopatra by Adrian Goldsworthy
May 16 The Republic of Vengeance (UK: Of Merchants and Heroes) by Paul Waters
(also as eBook at other vendors)June 6 The Scribes from Alexandria by Caroline Lawrence (author chat*)
June 20 & July 11
(note date)Caesars' Wives: Sex, Power, and Politics in the Roman Empire (UK: The First Ladies of Rome)
by Anneliese Freisenbruch
(also as eBook)July 18 The Blood of Caesar by Albert A. Bell Jr.
(author chat)August Recess September 5 & 19 Eager for Glory: The Untold Story of Drusus the Elder, Conqueror of Germania by Lindsay Powell (author chat*)
October 3 & 17 The Naked Olympics: The True Story of the Ancient Games by Tony Perrottet
(also as eBook)November 7 The Ionia Sanction by Gary Corby
(author chat)November 14
(note date)Cleopatra's Moon by Vicky Alvear Shecter (author chat)
(also as eBook)December 5 Terra Incognita by Ruth Downie
(also as eBook)December 12 The Temple of the Muses (SPQR IV) by John Maddox Roberts
(also as eBook)
* date may change
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