I have read The History of the Ancient by Susan Wise Bauer! I have never heard anyone on booktube talk about her before. I thought it was a good overview but gosh was life violent. Currently reading SPQR but I am going so slowly. I am glad you are hopping on the bandwagon and thinking about the Roman Empire more!
I do like the short introductions as they give me a great concise overview as a foundation onto which hopefully I can build a more detailed knowledge (though time will tell on that front 😂)
Wow, what an awesome selection of Roman history you have! It’s definitely a topic I wanted to get into this quarter, but I literally know nothing about it so I’ll be looking for your recommendations as you go. I decided to go with Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff, the Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs (if I can get my hands on the audio through the library), and some beginner books on Greek Egyptian or Roman history. I also found a book at the library, talking about the history of evolution of the female body, and it’s called Eve by Cat Bohannon , which is really interesting so far. I am so surprised how much I’ve been enjoying Historathon these past few months! I hope you enjoy the books you end up reading, and that you have some new favorites to share with the rest of us. :-)
The Rise and the Fall of the Dinosaurs is one I definitely want to get to at some point as sounds absolutely fascinating and who doesn't love dinosaurs! Cleopatra should be really interesting and ticks off Greek, Egyptian and Roman history in one go! I will be interested to hear your thoughts on Eve as the evolution of homo sapiens from our ape ancestors and the impact on the female body with regard to child birth is a subject I'm curious about. Probably because I studied Human Biology at university and have always been fascinated by biology in general Historathon has been a lot of fun and it is nice to have the 'excuse' to delve into a subject I may not read about otherwise
I love the name of this video so much, lol. I also didn't think about it too much. That's why nearly all my reading through March will be about Roman history, too. Starting off with SQPR, then hopefully hitting Anthony Everitt's Cicero biography, a couple of more academic books about Cicero and oratory from Princeton University Press, and maybe Suetonius and Caesar's Gallic Wars.
Glad to hear I'm not the only one who was lacking in my Ancient Rome musings. Sounds like you have quite the quarter of Roman reading. Cicero is someone I would like to read more about, maybe one day
@@baskinthestory I'm sure you at least heard about Cicero in passing from Susan Wise Bauer. I hope the Catiline conspiracy made at least a mention in there alongside so many Bible references. 😀Thanks for the great video, Matt!
I didn't know much about Rome at all before last year's Historathon but really enjoyed reading a couple of books on the very beginnings of Rome. Although I'm knee deep in dinosaurs this year, I would like to get to some books on the later aspects of the Roman period. I really fancy trying Tom Holland and might tackle SPQR. You have a very ambitious reading list there for the first quarter and I look forward to your thoughts. Shell.
Thanks Shell, my reading lists are always overly ambitious 🤣 though the benefits of this is that I have some choice in what to read next. Some of the books I have seen people reading on dinosaurs look amazing and I'm very tempted, maybe next year
Sounds like a fun project! I love history books. When you get to the Tudor era, if you feel like buddy reading How to Be a Tudor by Ruth Goodman, let me know! I've read How to Be a Victorian by her and it was excellent. Also, when you get to the more modern era, I absolutely loved Blue Jeans by Carolyn Purnell (super fascinating history of blue jeans) and We Had a Little Real Estate Problem by Kliph Nesteroff (about the history of Indigenous stand-up comedy in North America).
I considered doing a Mary Beard book for Q1, but opted for some shorter reads. I did listen to her recent BBC podcast and really enjoyed it. This month, I read something about Ancient Greece, but I'll be doing a Roman-focused book next month.
What Roman focused book are you reading next month? I'm trying to do a mix of longer and shorter works over the quarter, hopefully 🤞🏻 The Mary Beard documentaries and podcasts I have watched / listened to have all been great so thought it was about time for me to read some of her work
@@baskinthestory I'm going to be reading a book called A History of Rome in 100 Lives by Julie Berry and Philip Matyszak. (This month, I read a book about Athens by Matyszak). I have a feeling this will be a book that I can easily dip in and out of, so it should be easy to fold into all my other reading.
@awebofstories it does sound like a good read that you can pick up whenever you have time and that it will give a good overview of Roman life throughout the society
I have read The History of the Ancient by Susan Wise Bauer! I have never heard anyone on booktube talk about her before. I thought it was a good overview but gosh was life violent. Currently reading SPQR but I am going so slowly. I am glad you are hopping on the bandwagon and thinking about the Roman Empire more!
It was a good overview of a lot of history and I'm looking forward to jumping onto the bandwagon and into some more detailed books on Ancient Rome
Wonderful TBR! I read Rubicon for this quarter and really enjoyed it.
Thanks Christina, I'm really hoping I can get to all of these 🤞🏻
You can do it! 🥳@@baskinthestory
Great selections! I think that’s a good strategy starting with the Oxford short histories and then moving on to SPQR.
I do like the short introductions as they give me a great concise overview as a foundation onto which hopefully I can build a more detailed knowledge (though time will tell on that front 😂)
Wow, what an awesome selection of Roman history you have! It’s definitely a topic I wanted to get into this quarter, but I literally know nothing about it so I’ll be looking for your recommendations as you go. I decided to go with Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff, the Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs (if I can get my hands on the audio through the library), and some beginner books on Greek Egyptian or Roman history. I also found a book at the library, talking about the history of evolution of the female body, and it’s called Eve by Cat Bohannon , which is really interesting so far. I am so surprised how much I’ve been enjoying Historathon these past few months! I hope you enjoy the books you end up reading, and that you have some new favorites to share with the rest of us. :-)
The Rise and the Fall of the Dinosaurs is one I definitely want to get to at some point as sounds absolutely fascinating and who doesn't love dinosaurs!
Cleopatra should be really interesting and ticks off Greek, Egyptian and Roman history in one go!
I will be interested to hear your thoughts on Eve as the evolution of homo sapiens from our ape ancestors and the impact on the female body with regard to child birth is a subject I'm curious about. Probably because I studied Human Biology at university and have always been fascinated by biology in general
Historathon has been a lot of fun and it is nice to have the 'excuse' to delve into a subject I may not read about otherwise
I love the name of this video so much, lol. I also didn't think about it too much. That's why nearly all my reading through March will be about Roman history, too. Starting off with SQPR, then hopefully hitting Anthony Everitt's Cicero biography, a couple of more academic books about Cicero and oratory from Princeton University Press, and maybe Suetonius and Caesar's Gallic Wars.
Glad to hear I'm not the only one who was lacking in my Ancient Rome musings. Sounds like you have quite the quarter of Roman reading. Cicero is someone I would like to read more about, maybe one day
@@baskinthestory I'm sure you at least heard about Cicero in passing from Susan Wise Bauer. I hope the Catiline conspiracy made at least a mention in there alongside so many Bible references. 😀Thanks for the great video, Matt!
I didn't know much about Rome at all before last year's Historathon but really enjoyed reading a couple of books on the very beginnings of Rome. Although I'm knee deep in dinosaurs this year, I would like to get to some books on the later aspects of the Roman period. I really fancy trying Tom Holland and might tackle SPQR. You have a very ambitious reading list there for the first quarter and I look forward to your thoughts. Shell.
Thanks Shell, my reading lists are always overly ambitious 🤣 though the benefits of this is that I have some choice in what to read next.
Some of the books I have seen people reading on dinosaurs look amazing and I'm very tempted, maybe next year
Sounds like a fun project! I love history books. When you get to the Tudor era, if you feel like buddy reading How to Be a Tudor by Ruth Goodman, let me know! I've read How to Be a Victorian by her and it was excellent. Also, when you get to the more modern era, I absolutely loved Blue Jeans by Carolyn Purnell (super fascinating history of blue jeans) and We Had a Little Real Estate Problem by Kliph Nesteroff (about the history of Indigenous stand-up comedy in North America).
I do enjoy exploring a bit of history. I would definitely be up for buddy reading How to be a Tudor in Q3
@@baskinthestory Great! Sounds like a plan.
I considered doing a Mary Beard book for Q1, but opted for some shorter reads. I did listen to her recent BBC podcast and really enjoyed it. This month, I read something about Ancient Greece, but I'll be doing a Roman-focused book next month.
What Roman focused book are you reading next month? I'm trying to do a mix of longer and shorter works over the quarter, hopefully 🤞🏻
The Mary Beard documentaries and podcasts I have watched / listened to have all been great so thought it was about time for me to read some of her work
@@baskinthestory I'm going to be reading a book called A History of Rome in 100 Lives by Julie Berry and Philip Matyszak. (This month, I read a book about Athens by Matyszak). I have a feeling this will be a book that I can easily dip in and out of, so it should be easy to fold into all my other reading.
@awebofstories it does sound like a good read that you can pick up whenever you have time and that it will give a good overview of Roman life throughout the society