Monty Circus's votes on the list Best Books About Ancient History

Listopia > Monty Circus's votes on the list Best Books About Ancient History (72 Books)

1	Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World by Mary Beard 4.08 avg rating — 8,251 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome by Emma Southon 4.06 avg rating — 7,096 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Alexander the Great by Philip Freeman (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 6,594 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed by Eric H. Cline (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 14,608 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney 3.66 avg rating — 8,118 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Peloponnesian War by Donald Kagan 4.13 avg rating — 5,451 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic by Mike Duncan (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 16,969 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Augustus: First Emperor of Rome by Adrian Goldsworthy 4.29 avg rating — 5,496 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon 4.02 avg rating — 15,819 ratings Monty added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Caesar: Life of a Colossus by Adrian Goldsworthy 4.25 avg rating — 13,969 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician by Anthony Everitt 3.91 avg rating — 8,575 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond 4.04 avg rating — 475,130 ratings Monty added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 126,085 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found by Mary Beard 4.10 avg rating — 5,754 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West by Tom Holland 4.16 avg rating — 12,594 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor by Anthony Everitt 3.95 avg rating — 8,515 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland 4.23 avg rating — 30,692 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt by Toby Wilkinson 4.13 avg rating — 7,268 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard 4.05 avg rating — 88,695 ratings Monty added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Technology of the Gods: The Incredible Sciences of the Ancients by David Hatcher Childress 3.91 avg rating — 1,018 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors by Adrian Goldsworthy 4.36 avg rating — 2,808 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations by Eric H. Cline (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 1,781 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Cleopatra by H. Rider Haggard 3.80 avg rating — 3,297 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Julius Caesar by Philip Freeman (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 3,089 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Hannibal: Rome's Greatest Enemy by Philip Freeman (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 1,925 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Temples, Tombs & Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt by Barbara Mertz 4.04 avg rating — 2,032 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	After the Ice: A Global Human History, 20,000-5000 BC by Steven Mithen 4.07 avg rating — 1,572 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	24 Hours in Ancient Rome: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There by Philip Matyszak really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,383 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire by Eckart Frahm 4.07 avg rating — 1,898 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization by Paul Kriwaczek 3.88 avg rating — 3,556 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Nature of Alexander the Great by Mary Renault 4.16 avg rating — 1,541 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Goddesses, Whores, Wives and Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity by Sarah B. Pomeroy 3.99 avg rating — 1,696 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Terry Jones' Barbarians by Terry Jones 3.98 avg rating — 1,002 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Spartacus War by Barry S. Strauss 3.90 avg rating — 2,215 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Legionary: The Roman Soldier's (Unofficial) Manual by Philip Matyszak 4.18 avg rating — 1,012 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Western Way of War: Infantry Battle in Classical Greece by Victor Davis Hanson 4.12 avg rating — 1,435 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt by Ian Shaw (Editor) 4.02 avg rating — 1,658 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Birth of Classical Europe: A History from Troy to Augustine by Simon Price 3.83 avg rating — 1,290 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Alexander the Great by Robin Lane Fox 4.09 avg rating — 4,617 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	A War Like No Other: How the Athenians & Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War by Victor Davis Hanson 4.12 avg rating — 3,294 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy by Adrienne Mayor (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 2,337 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times by Thomas R. Martin 3.98 avg rating — 2,670 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	In the Name of Rome: The Men Who Won the Roman Empire by Adrian Goldsworthy 4.11 avg rating — 2,486 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World by Philip Matyszak 4.10 avg rating — 1,154 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Cleopatra: Last Queen of Egypt by Joyce A. Tyldesley 4.08 avg rating — 2,582 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Empires and Barbarians: The Fall of Rome and the Birth of Europe by Peter Heather 3.97 avg rating — 1,034 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization by Paul Kriwaczek 3.88 avg rating — 3,556 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	A Day in the Life of Ancient Rome by Alberto Angela 4.06 avg rating — 4,093 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Ancient Worlds: The Search for the Origins of Western Civilization by Richard Miles 3.96 avg rating — 234 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C: A Historical Biography by Peter Green 4.21 avg rating — 2,124 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	A History of Private Life: From Pagan Rome to Byzantium by Philippe Ariès (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,260 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Greek Fire, Poison Arrows & Scorpion Bombs: Biological and Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World by Adrienne Mayor (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 1,268 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt by Barbara Mertz 4.14 avg rating — 1,685 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians by Peter Heather 4.16 avg rating — 4,466 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero by James Romm (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 1,868 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	The Greeks by H.D.F. Kitto 3.99 avg rating — 1,332 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	The Punic Wars by Adrian Goldsworthy 4.20 avg rating — 4,747 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code by Margalit Fox (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 3,806 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	The Classical World: An Epic History from Homer to Hadrian by Robin Lane Fox 3.90 avg rating — 2,457 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization by Richard Miles 3.95 avg rating — 4,976 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	Pax Romana by Adrian Goldsworthy 3.94 avg rating — 2,449 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of An Empire by Simon Baker 4.05 avg rating — 3,280 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	Helen of Troy: The Story Behind the Most Beautiful Woman in the World by Bettany Hughes 4.18 avg rating — 1,560 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower by Adrian Goldsworthy 4.02 avg rating — 3,346 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World by Adrienne Mayor (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 1,339 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the War for Crown and Empire by James Romm (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 3,421 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	Sumer and the Sumerians by Harriet Crawford 3.50 avg rating — 113 ratings Monty added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	The Wonder That Was India: A Survey of the History and Culture of the Indian Sub-Continent before the coming of the Muslims by A.L. Basham 4.11 avg rating — 1,874 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World by William Dalrymple 4.09 avg rating — 4,005 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	The Cambridge Illustrated History of China by Patricia Buckley Ebrey 3.89 avg rating — 608 ratings Monty added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	The Story of China: The Epic History of a World Power from the Middle Kingdom to Mao and the China Dream by Michael Wood 4.15 avg rating — 2,782 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	Persians: The Age of the Great Kings by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones 4.08 avg rating — 2,509 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars