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Reading Calendar for 2008
revised March 27

April 16, May 7 & 21 (revised):  The Roman Revolution by Ronald Syme
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The Roman Revolution
by Ronald Syme

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Schedule
April 16  Chapters I to XII
May 7  Chapters XIII to XXII
May 21  Chapters XXIII to XXXIII

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Sir Ronad Syme at Wikipedia
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 an Augustus Primer

Online: Sources to footnotes

The Histories of Appian, The Civil Wars (Lacus Curtius)
Julius Caesar's War Commentaries
Cassius Dio (LacusCurtius)
beginning with Book 39
Lucan's Pharsalia
Sallust (Lacus Curtius)
Tacitus, The Annals

Plutarch
Suetonius: Divus Julius
Suetonius: Augustus

M. Tullius Cicero
Note: Perseus links often do not work, you have to keep trying
Letters (ed. Evelyn Shuckburgh)
(Volumes 3 & 4 mainly)
Letters to and from Brutus (ed. Evelyn Shuckburgh)
Orations, The fourteen orations against Marcus Antonius (Philippics) C. D. Yonge, Ed.

more to come
OTHER BOOKS OF INTEREST
The Oxford Classical Dictionary
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Hardcover		 The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome
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ISBN: 0140513299
Paperback
The Complete Roman Army
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ISBN: 0500051240
Hardcover		 Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome
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ISBN: 0195123328
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As The Romans Did : A Sourcebook in Roman Social History
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ISBN: 019508974X
Trade Paperback		 Daily Life in Ancient Rome
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ISBN: 0631193952
Trade Paperback
in association with amazon.com, click hereDaily Life in Ancient Rome: The People and the City at the Height of the Empire
2nd edition, edited & annotated, 2003
by Jérôme Carcopino
ISBN: 0300101864
Paperback		 in association wwith amazon.com, click hereAncient Rome on Five Denarii a Day
by Philip Matyszak
ISBN: 050005147X
Hardcover
Ancient Rome : City Planning and Administration
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ISBN: 0415106184
Trade Paperback 		Curse Tablets and Binding Spells from the Ancient World
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ISBN: 0195134826
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Roman Drama and Roman History (Exeter Studies in History)
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ISBN: 0859895602
Trade Paperback		 Romans & Aliens
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ISBN: 0807813834
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Death and Burial in the Roman World
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ISBN: 0801855071
Trade Paperback		 Spectacles of Death in Ancient Rome (Approaching the Ancient World)
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ISBN: 0415248426
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The Sorrows of the Ancient Romans
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ISBN: 0691010919
Trade Paperback 		Houses, Villas, and Palaces in the Roman World
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Pausanias' Greece : Ancient Artists and Roman Rulers
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ISBN: 0521604184
Trade Paperback		 Travel in the Ancient World
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Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves : Women in Classical Antiquity
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ISBN: 080521030X
Trade Paperback		 A Taste of Ancient Rome
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ISBN: 0226290328
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Maps: Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd 1911, 1923-26
Reference Map of Ancient Italy, Northern Part
Reference Map of Ancient Italy, Southern Part
Reference Map of Ancient Greece. Northern Part
Reference Map of Ancient Greece, Southern Part
Clicking on the maps anywhere enlarges the sections to readable size. 		Caesar's Calendar: Ancient Time and the Beginnings of History (Sather Classical Lectures)
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ISBN: 0520251199
Hardcover, 2007
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