Further Reading
Below you'll find an annotated version of the further reading list for this chapter (p. 440).
Culture
Breeze, David (2016) The Roman Army. London: Bloomsbury
A detailed analysis of the Roman army for the newcomer.
Cartledge, Paul (2013) Thermopylae, the Battle that Changed the World. London: Pan
An exciting and scholarly account of the battle from a leading Greek historian.
Connolly, Peter (2016) Greece and Rome at War. Barnsley: Frontline
An excellent book for students, with superb images to back up the text.
Lange, Carsten (2011) ‘The Battle of Actium: a Reconsideration’, Classical Quarterly 61(2): 608–623
A scholarly article which tries to unpick the contradictions in our sources about the battle of Actium. This is best read by the teacher and condensed for pupils.
Lepper, Frank and Sheppard Frere (1988) Trajan’s Column. Stroud: Sutton
A scholarly masterpiece, the definitive academic work on Trajan’s Column.
Morrison, J. S., Coates, J. F. and Rankov, N. B. (2000) The Athenian Trireme. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
An excellent book on the topic by three authors who have been involved with the Trireme Trust and the modern ship Olympias.
Strauss, Barry (2005) The Battle of Salamis. London: Simon & Schuster
An exciting account of the battle for the general reader.
van Wees, Hans (2004) Greek Warfare: Myths and Realities. London: Bloomsbury
A detailed account of the history of Greek warfare by a leading scholar in the field.
Literature
Camps, W. A. (1979) An Introduction to Virgil’s Aeneid. Oxford: Oxford University Press
The classic introduction to the poem.
Jenkyns, R. (2013) Classical Epic: Homer and Virgil. London: Bloomsbury
A book which manages to combine the Greek and Roman epic poets.
Owen, E. T. (1994) The Story of the Iliad. London: Bloomsbury
A book which gives an accessible running commentary on each book of the poem.
Powell, Barry B. (2007) Homer. London: Blackwell Introductions to the Ancient World
A very accessible introduction to reading Homer, using key passages from both poems.
Silk, M. (2010) Homer: The Iliad. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
An A Level standard introduction to the poem.
West, David (2002) Horace Odes III: dulce periculum. Oxford: Oxford University Press
The best commentary on Ode 3.2.
West, M. L. (2008) Greek Lyric Poetry. Oxford: Oxford University Press
The classic translation of Greek lyric poetry, including Tyrtaeus, with a helpful introduction and notes.
Williams, R. D. (2009) The Aeneid. London: Bloomsbury
Another excellent work on the poem for newcomers.
