What books by Classical (by that I mean ancient) authors have you read?

**Farnan** · December 31, 2005, 02:30 PM

Well from what I can remember (Penguin Classic's names):

The Persian Expedition - Xenophon
The Campaigns of Alexander - Arrian
The Gallic Wars - Caesar
The Life of Alexander - Plutarch
Part of the Early Days of Rome - Livy
Germanica - Tacitus
About 1/4 of the Histories - Herodotus
Part of The Pelponessian Wars - Thucidyes

**therussian** · December 31, 2005, 05:04 PM

The Gallic Wars-Julius Caesar
The Civil War-Julius Caesar
Anabasis-Xenophon

**Niles Crane** · December 31, 2005, 08:16 PM

I would have thought all of you have read the Odyssey by now.

By the way, it's neither termed Classical nor Ancient. The correct title is Theocratic age.

**Jesus The Inane** · December 31, 2005, 08:32 PM

Many books by Plato... thats about it. I never could really finish reading the Odissey... too dull. I also tried reading Ovid's Methamorphosis, but, alas, it was also too dull.

**Stalins Ghost** · January 01, 2006, 03:58 AM

I've read bits of Caesars conquests, and most of Ammianus Marcellinus' the Later Roman Empire.

**Handsome Huss** · January 01, 2006, 04:49 AM

Im not sure if these would fit in, having not read a single one of those, but since they aren't mentioned:

- The Poetic Edda
- The Saga of the Jomsvikings

As you can tell, Im just, like, totally, into Norse mythology. The Poetic Edda seems just like the bible but with blood and guts, and Revelations doesnt count as blood and guts.
I guess they really don't count if you are looking specifically for works of D-503's Theocratic Age, but if not, where is the...'cut off' line for the classical/ancient books? I mean, I've read Dante's Inferno which was written in 1634-ish (that ish represents 200 years +/-..ish) but wouldn't think that it would count.

**Jesus The Inane** · January 01, 2006, 07:26 PM

Oh, I forgot to add that I almost finish reading Marcos Aurelius Meditations, but again, it was too dull. Only some glimpses of wisdom I didn't already know.

Handsome Huss, care to give me a link to one of those books?

**Zuwxiv** · January 01, 2006, 07:29 PM

I have the Loeb Classical Library version of The Golden Ass (Metamorphoses, by Apuleius), just started it.

(Got it for Christmas, I'm a dork.)

**Clibby** · January 01, 2006, 07:37 PM

The Illiad
The Odyssey
The Aeneid
Caesar's Gallic Wars (part of which in Latin)
Cicero's First Oration (in Latin)
Cicero's Tusculan Disputations: Book One.

**PyrrhusIV** · January 01, 2006, 08:15 PM

Polybius - All Availible books
Herodotus - Same
Titus Livius - Histories
Tacitus - The Histories
Xenophon
The Aeneid
Sun Tzu - The art of War
Marcus Aurelius - Meditations
Homer - Odyssey & Illiad
Caesar - The Gallic & Civil Wars
Cicero - Forgot the names
Pyrrhus - Justs bits and pieces of his memoirs

I've read more, but right now i'm utterly stumped.
Oh, if you would count Theodor Mommsen (died in 1902) He dedicated his life to Rome, his 'The History of Rome" is considered the Greatest Work of Roman information after the fall of Rome. I've read all 5 Volumes.

**solid** · January 01, 2006, 09:54 PM

Parts from De Bello Galico, parts from The Oddysee and some pieces that aren't written by anyone specificly. All in Latin ofcourse.

Sun Tzu in english.

Thats it I guess, unless you count the bible to....

**Steeven** · January 02, 2006, 11:28 AM

- The Odyssee
- The Ilias
- Sun Tzu - The Art of War
- Herodotus - Histories (amazing, but kinda dull sometimes)
- Caesar - Da Bella Gallico

And just started in Thycucides - The History of the Peloponnessian Wars

**Cadmium77** · January 03, 2006, 07:11 AM

http://www.livius.org/th/thucydides/thucydides00.html

My favorite.

**Sidus Preclarum** · January 03, 2006, 07:18 AM

Thucydides
Herodotes
Plato : Meno & Republic
All of plutarch's famous lives.
Xenophon: Anabasis, Oeconomicus, on hunting. Constitution of Sparta
Polybius
Caesar: Gallic war
Some Livius.

**PyrrhusIV** · January 03, 2006, 11:22 AM

I forgot that one!

Plutarch's Lives- Plutarch.

**LordSaradain** · January 03, 2006, 11:26 AM

The Campaigns of Alexander - Arrian

I've read that one! (although it had been translated...)

**Lt.Bradford** · January 03, 2006, 08:30 PM

What ever I have time to read im usually reading something else studying here or playing vidoe games and watching tv, but De bello Gallico (english) and the Aeneid (in Latin) were my most recent.