Evidence for Boudicca?

[DrS]

I recently finished reading Rubicon by Tom Holland which deals with the history of the Roman republic. Very interesting and enjoyable. If you have any suggestions for further reading I'd be very interested!

It's always difficult to recommend because tastes are so different, but I've enjoyed (and others raved about) the Marcus Didius Falco series of novels by Lindsey Davis. There are loads of them, twenty or so I think. Not quite the Republic, more last quarter of the first century AD, so Imperial Rome, but they are pretty historically accurate, which is always a bonus, and bring ancient Rome alive in a way that I've found in few other novels set in the general period.

Nothings changed there then

[Tony Williams]

I'm not sure if these qualify, but I can recall being entranced some four decades ago by the novels of Mary Renault, set in the classical world. Almost forgotten today, she was a pioneer in this field and very influential.

[smudge]

It's always difficult to recommend because tastes are so different, but I've enjoyed (and others raved about) the Marcus Didius Falco series of novels by Lindsey Davis. There are loads of them, twenty or so I think. Not quite the Republic, more last quarter of the first century AD, so Imperial Rome, but they are pretty historically accurate, which is always a bonus, and bring ancient Rome alive in a way that I've found in few other novels set in the general period.

I'm not sure if these qualify, but I can recall being entranced some four decades ago by the novels of Mary Renault, set in the classical world. Almost forgotten today, she was a pioneer in this field and very influential.

Thanks.
Must admit, I had non fiction in mind really.

[DrS]

Apologies!

OK, try

Anthony Everitt, Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician, 2003, or same author's Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor.

[smudge]

Apologies!

OK, try

Anthony Everitt, Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician, 2003, or same author's Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor.

Thanks Dr S!