The full history of Roman empire?

[Strategist]

Hello! I am a big fan of the Roman empire. I am from Bulgaria and I was wondering is there a big book or some books that I could find that are made especially for the roman empire? By that I mean a book with the full history of battles/military and political campaigns and EVERYTHING. I've read History of Second world war and I liked it a lot. I am a big fan of the game and I am curious. Is there a forum where we talk not about the video games but the history in reality? Wikipedia don't have enough info on the subject. And could you give me the exact names of the books if you know any? Even if they are like 1000-2000 pages I would still want to get them. I preffer reading about the fights/battles/wars, not so much political info but WAR! )))) =)
Thanks for your time! If you have ebooks they still can help. I would preffer reading a real book in the bed rather spending time on the computer however.

[Selifator]

Check the history section Vestigia Vetustatis.
There are several threads there with good books on all subjects, you can make a thread and ask, etc.

[Strategist]

Thanks dude! The moderators can lock the topic now. I didn't know latin to know that the name for history forum will be like this .

[Haxiel]

I suppose wikipedia is a good source for roman history.

[Selifator]

Too bland. It's not informative enough, and the real nuggets of info can only be gained by good books.

[Lord Thesaurian]

the glory that is Rome cannot be found in full in any one place.

[Vanquisher]

This is good reading, in chronology.

http://www.roman-empire.net/republic/rep-index.html

[Selifator]

Anyway, question answered, let's lock this up!

[Amroth]

Moved to the Vestigia Vetustatis.

[SonOfAlexander]

Like History then? Great, and I like the idea, but I don't think there is one! You could always try making one! Imagine it, a COMPLETE history of Rome, with every emperor, every battle, every general...

[removeduser_426582376423734]

Yes, because all Rome was was battles with stuff in between.

[gaius valerius]

Yes, because all Rome was was battles with stuff in between.

apparently :hmmm:

[Antiochos VII Sidetes]

Heh.

[SigniferOne]

A full History of Rome hasn't been written, and would be impossible to take up in the first place. Gibbon had to write three enormous volumes to describe just the last 3 centuries of it. Livy's ten books on the 2nd punic war alone occupy a large volume, and that war lasted only a decade.

[Helm]

A full History of Rome hasn't been written, and would be impossible to take up in the first place. Gibbon had to write three enormous volumes to describe just the last 3 centuries of it. Livy's ten books on the 2nd punic war alone occupy a large volume, and that war lasted only a decade.

You could always summarise.

[Ojf]

http://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/
would be a good start if you haven't heard of it

[Lysimachos11]

Another nice read is Livius (or Livy), he wrote a book covering the full history of Rome called the Histories. It's Roman history written by a real Roman.

Here's a link but there might be better ones, around book 5 it gets to battles and stuff:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin...001&query=init.

[gaius valerius]

Roman history by a real Roman isn't exactly a neutral read is it?

[Lysimachos11]

Roman history by a real Roman isn't exactly a neutral read is it?

Depends, a lot of knowledge from Roman history is through Livy. I know of one thing that runs through the entire book: Livy is anti-plebeian and writes negatively of people that supported the plebs against the aristocracy, for instance Caesar (I think).

[Steel of Fury]

Heh, good to see your enthusiasm for the subject, Strategist.

You could check out this work, it's a good overview of the Roman army and the wars it fought.

http://www.amazon.com/Roman-Warfare-...23/ref=ed_oe_p