Best Books About Ancient History

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SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome 4.06 avg rating — 76,882 ratings
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Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic 4.23 avg rating — 25,515 ratings
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The Histories
The Histories
by: Herodotus
4.01 avg rating — 54,680 ratings
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 4.04 avg rating — 445,013 ratings
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Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the War for Crown and Empire
Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the War for Crown and Empire 4.28 avg rating — 2,764 ratings
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Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor
Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor 3.95 avg rating — 8,216 ratings
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The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome
The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome 4.11 avg rating — 6,406 ratings
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The Twelve Caesars
The Twelve Caesars
by: Suetonius
4.02 avg rating — 22,150 ratings
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The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found
The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found 4.10 avg rating — 5,113 ratings
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The Conquest of Gaul
The Conquest of Gaul 4.01 avg rating — 13,198 ratings
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Caesar: Life of a Colossus
Caesar: Life of a Colossus 4.23 avg rating — 12,758 ratings
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 4.02 avg rating — 15,256 ratings
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Zoroastrians' Fight for Survival (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #1)
Zoroastrians' Fight for Survival (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #1) 4.70 avg rating — 115 ratings
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Females of Valor (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #2)
Females of Valor (The Viking's Kurdish Love, #2) 4.74 avg rating — 106 ratings
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The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt
The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt 4.13 avg rating — 6,168 ratings
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The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World
The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World 4.13 avg rating — 1,245 ratings
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In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire
In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire 3.90 avg rating — 5,311 ratings
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Cleopatra: A Life
Cleopatra: A Life 3.73 avg rating — 121,451 ratings
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How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower
How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower 4.01 avg rating — 3,106 ratings
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Roots of To-Be Templars (The Viking's Kurdish Love #3)
Roots of To-Be Templars (The Viking's Kurdish Love #3) 4.71 avg rating — 55 ratings
21.
In Search of the Trojan War
In Search of the Trojan War 4.09 avg rating — 847 ratings
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Helen of Troy: The Story Behind the Most Beautiful Woman in the World
Helen of Troy: The Story Behind the Most Beautiful Woman in the World 4.18 avg rating — 1,440 ratings
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Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West
Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West 4.17 avg rating — 11,230 ratings
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Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician 3.89 avg rating — 8,070 ratings
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Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of An Empire
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of An Empire 4.05 avg rating — 3,141 ratings
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1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed
1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed 3.74 avg rating — 11,943 ratings
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Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
Augustus: First Emperor of Rome 4.28 avg rating — 4,698 ratings
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The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic 4.25 avg rating — 14,994 ratings
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Pax Romana
Pax Romana 3.95 avg rating — 2,212 ratings
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Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization
Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization 4.12 avg rating — 5,370 ratings
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The Classical World: An Epic History from Homer to Hadrian
The Classical World: An Epic History from Homer to Hadrian 3.90 avg rating — 2,327 ratings
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The Punic Wars
The Punic Wars 4.20 avg rating — 4,305 ratings
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The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code 4.01 avg rating — 3,647 ratings
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The Ancient Near East: History, Society and Economy
The Ancient Near East: History, Society and Economy 4.43 avg rating — 162 ratings
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Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization
Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization 3.95 avg rating — 4,528 ratings
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The Greeks
The Greeks really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,235 ratings
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Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero
Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero 4.13 avg rating — 1,617 ratings
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4,000 Years of Uppity Women: Rebellious Belles, Daring Dames, and Headstrong Heroines Through the Ages
4,000 Years of Uppity Women: Rebellious Belles, Daring Dames, and Headstrong Heroines Through the Ages 3.49 avg rating — 635 ratings
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The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians
The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians 4.15 avg rating — 4,269 ratings
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Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt
Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt 4.15 avg rating — 1,564 ratings
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The Lost Civilizations of the Stone Age
The Lost Civilizations of the Stone Age 3.83 avg rating — 263 ratings
42.
A History of Pagan Europe
A History of Pagan Europe 3.74 avg rating — 696 ratings
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The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt
The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt 3.65 avg rating — 7,513 ratings
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Greek Fire, Poison Arrows & Scorpion Bombs: Biological and Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World
Greek Fire, Poison Arrows & Scorpion Bombs: Biological and Chemical Warfare in the Ancient World 3.86 avg rating — 1,108 ratings
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The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome
The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome
by: Livy
3.96 avg rating — 9,757 ratings
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A History of Private Life: From Pagan Rome to Byzantium
A History of Private Life: From Pagan Rome to Byzantium really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,192 ratings
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Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C: A Historical Biography
Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C: A Historical Biography 4.20 avg rating — 2,033 ratings
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The Peloponnesian War
The Peloponnesian War 4.13 avg rating — 5,220 ratings
49.
History of the Peloponnesian War
History of the Peloponnesian War 3.94 avg rating — 39,937 ratings
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Ancient Worlds: The Search for the Origins of Western Civilization
Ancient Worlds: The Search for the Origins of Western Civilization 3.98 avg rating — 224 ratings
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Circe
Circe 4.22 avg rating — 1,276,171 ratings
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A Day in the Life of Ancient Rome
A Day in the Life of Ancient Rome 4.06 avg rating — 3,792 ratings
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Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization 3.90 avg rating — 3,024 ratings
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Constantinople
Constantinople 4.25 avg rating — 6,901 ratings
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The Intimate Bond: How Animals Shaped Human History
The Intimate Bond: How Animals Shaped Human History 3.52 avg rating — 251 ratings
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Ancestral Journeys: The Peopling of Europe from the First Venturers to the Vikings
Ancestral Journeys: The Peopling of Europe from the First Venturers to the Vikings 3.95 avg rating — 714 ratings
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Empires and Barbarians: The Fall of Rome and the Birth of Europe
Empires and Barbarians: The Fall of Rome and the Birth of Europe 3.97 avg rating — 984 ratings
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The Landmark Julius Caesar: The Complete Works
The Landmark Julius Caesar: The Complete Works 4.50 avg rating — 720 ratings
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The Civil War
The Civil War 4.07 avg rating — 7,110 ratings
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Daughters of Isis: Women of Ancient Egypt
Daughters of Isis: Women of Ancient Egypt 3.98 avg rating — 686 ratings
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Cleopatra: Last Queen of Egypt
Cleopatra: Last Queen of Egypt 4.08 avg rating — 2,497 ratings
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Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World
Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World 4.12 avg rating — 935 ratings
63.
The Persian Expedition
The Persian Expedition
by: Xenophon
4.12 avg rating — 9,587 ratings
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Pompeii: The Living City
Pompeii: The Living City 3.90 avg rating — 305 ratings
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Exploring the World of the Celts
Exploring the World of the Celts really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 213 ratings
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The First Century: Emperors, Gods and Everyman
The First Century: Emperors, Gods and Everyman really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 115 ratings
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In the Name of Rome: The Men Who Won the Roman Empire
In the Name of Rome: The Men Who Won the Roman Empire 4.11 avg rating — 2,323 ratings
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Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times
Ancient Greece: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times 3.99 avg rating — 2,411 ratings
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The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy, #1)
The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 106,977 ratings
70.
The Evolution of Civilizations: An Introduction to Historical Analysis
The Evolution of Civilizations: An Introduction to Historical Analysis 4.39 avg rating — 311 ratings
71.
Roman Britain: A New History
Roman Britain: A New History 3.93 avg rating — 343 ratings
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The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy
The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy 3.95 avg rating — 2,197 ratings
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The Complete Pompeii (The Complete Series)
The Complete Pompeii (The Complete Series) 4.21 avg rating — 369 ratings
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The Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization
The Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization 3.88 avg rating — 749 ratings
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Rome and Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilizations
Rome and Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilizations 3.95 avg rating — 800 ratings
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The Early Germans
The Early Germans 3.82 avg rating — 99 ratings
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Gobekli Tepe: Genesis of the Gods: The Temple of the Watchers and the Discovery of Eden
Gobekli Tepe: Genesis of the Gods: The Temple of the Watchers and the Discovery of Eden 3.70 avg rating — 624 ratings
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A War Like No Other: How the Athenians & Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War
A War Like No Other: How the Athenians & Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War 4.12 avg rating — 3,055 ratings
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Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great 4.10 avg rating — 4,160 ratings
80.
The Complete Fables
The Complete Fables
by: Aesop
4.05 avg rating — 128,588 ratings
81.
Searching for Sappho: The Lost Songs and World of the First Woman Poet
Searching for Sappho: The Lost Songs and World of the First Woman Poet 3.92 avg rating — 448 ratings
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Ancient Assyria: A Very Short Introduction
Ancient Assyria: A Very Short Introduction 3.70 avg rating — 186 ratings
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The Ancient Near East: A Very Short Introduction
The Ancient Near East: A Very Short Introduction 3.90 avg rating — 743 ratings
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The Birth of Classical Europe: A History from Troy to Augustine
The Birth of Classical Europe: A History from Troy to Augustine 3.84 avg rating — 1,180 ratings
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In Search of the First Civilizations
In Search of the First Civilizations 3.80 avg rating — 199 ratings
86.
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
by: Anonymous
3.91 avg rating — 5,990 ratings
87.
La Mésopotamie - De Gilgamesh à Artaban (3000 - 120 av. J.-C.)
La Mésopotamie - De Gilgamesh à Artaban (3000 - 120 av. J.-C.) 4.58 avg rating — 19 ratings
88.
Europe Before Rome: A Site-by-Site Tour of the Stone, Bronze, and Iron Ages
Europe Before Rome: A Site-by-Site Tour of the Stone, Bronze, and Iron Ages 4.23 avg rating — 108 ratings
89.
Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew
Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew 4.07 avg rating — 6,119 ratings
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Brotherhood of Kings: How International Relations Shaped the Ancient Near East
Brotherhood of Kings: How International Relations Shaped the Ancient Near East 4.52 avg rating — 114 ratings
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Gilgamesh: The Life of a Poem
Gilgamesh: The Life of a Poem 3.95 avg rating — 264 ratings
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The Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Greek
The Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Greek 3.92 avg rating — 404 ratings
93.
The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt
The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt
by: Ian Shaw
4.04 avg rating — 1,547 ratings
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A Guide to the Ancient World
A Guide to the Ancient World 4.30 avg rating — 47 ratings
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Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present
Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present 3.59 avg rating — 782 ratings
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Aetius: Attila's Nemesis
Aetius: Attila's Nemesis 4.07 avg rating — 136 ratings
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Thespis: Ritual Myth & Drama in the Ancient Near East
Thespis: Ritual Myth & Drama in the Ancient Near East 3.76 avg rating — 25 ratings
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A History of the Ancient Near East, ca. 3000-323 BC
A History of the Ancient Near East, ca. 3000-323 BC 3.98 avg rating — 860 ratings
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Women Writers of Ancient Greece and Rome: An Anthology
Women Writers of Ancient Greece and Rome: An Anthology 4.19 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great 4.32 avg rating — 5,448 ratings
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