The Roman History Reading Group

Reading List for 2012 (Amended June 2012)

January 4 & 18, February 1	Caesar: A Novel by Colleen McCullough Background (online): Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic and Civil Wars
February 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, postponed to a later date, details to follow)
June 20 & July 11 (note date because of July 4th holiday)	Caesars' Wives: Sex, Power, and Politics in the Roman Empire (UK: The First Ladies of Rome) by Anneliese Freisenbruch (also as eBook)
July 25 (note change in date)	The Blood of Caesar: A Second Case from the Notebooks of Pliny the Younger by Albert A. Bell Jr. (author chat) (also as eBook)
August Recess
September 5 & 19	Eager for Glory: The Untold Story of Drusus the Elder, Conqueror of Germania by Lindsay Powell (author chat September 19) (also as eBook)
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) (also as eBook)
November 14 (note date because of Thanskgiving holiday)	Cleopatra's Moon by Vicky Alvear Shecter (author chat) (also as eBook)
December 5	Terra Incognita by Ruth Downie (also as eBook)
December 19	The Temple of the Muses (SPQR IV) by John Maddox Roberts (also as eBook)

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