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u/skeptidelphian · 1 pointr/totalwar

Some of the good Rome books I've read over the years:

In the Name of Rome by Adrian Goldsworthy

Caesar: Life of a Colossus by Adrian Goldsworthy

The Complete Roman Army by Adrian Goldsworthy

Rubicon: the Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland

A Day in the Life of Ancient Rome by Alberto Angela

Now, as someone lucky enough to have lived 6 weeks in Rome, the best prep is to somehow get yourself to La Città Eterna and visit where it all went down. The Palatine Hill and the Appian Way are places with less tourists and allow you to contemplate the power and splendor of Rome.

u/Axelrad77 · 2 pointsr/totalwar

The second book of The Iliad mentions allies of Troy coming to swell Priam's ranks, starting on line 816. They list a diverse range of peoples as coming to Troy's aid - mostly other groups from Anatolia, where the Hittites would have ruled at the time, but also people from Scythia, Thrace, Macedonia, and from "far away". Historians debate how much of it is based on history or how much is later insertion, but Hittite sources reveal that Hittite forces fought the Greeks over the area around the same time, so the forces from Anatolia were historical. And the allies close to Troy were likely based on friendly Luwian neighbors. The others are more debatable.

A lost sequel to The Iliad, called The Aethiopis, detailed the arrival of large allied contingents led by Memnon and Penthesilea, intent on relieving Troy before they are defeated by Achilles. We mostly know of it from fragments and retellings, the most complete of which is from Quintus of Smyrna and can be read here.

Memnon was considered to be a historical Egyptian or Nubian king by ancient Western historians, but as history and our knowledge of Egyptian chronology advanced, the consensus became that he does not line up with any known kings. The wiki gives a good overview of his portrayal over time.

If we accept the ~1190-1184 BC dating for the Sack of Troy, then Memnon's expedition falls under either the reigns of Setnakhte or Ramesses III, the first two Pharaohs of the 20th Dynasty of New Kingdom Egypt. They were both known for being warrior kings, sending out military expeditions and driving out invasions of the Sea Peoples (which included Mycenaean Greeks). There's no hard evidence of Memnon's expedition, but putting the Greek account together with our records of these Pharaohs, I've talked to plenty of historians who think that the account of Memnon probably originated from an Egyptian relief force that arrived to oppose the "Sea Peoples".

Penthesilea, on the other hand, doesn't have much evidence. There's just the connection that Ancient Greeks are thought to have based their Amazon myths on encounters with Scythians, and Scythians are mentioned in the list of Trojan allies, so some historians think that Penthesilea and her Amazons might be a mythologized memory of the Scythian forces that came to aid Troy.

u/EbonyUnicorn · 2 pointsr/totalwar

If you are interested, there are a couple books by Dexter Hoyos that REALLY dig into the political/social aspect of Carthage as well!

Hannibal's Dynasty

The Carthaginians (Peoples of the Ancient World)

Both amazing works on an relatively unknown topic! Definitely worth your time!

u/[deleted] · 2 pointsr/totalwar

Pontus: For those of us who love historical fiction. I thought it was an awesome read

www.amazon.com/Last-King-Romes-Greatest-Enemy/dp/031293615X

u/ThereWillBeHugs · 7 pointsr/totalwar

Isaac Asimov's book on the Roman Republic is an excellent primer. He wrote it specifically for high schoolers so it is a fast and easy read.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Roman-Republic-Isaac-Asimov/dp/0395065763

u/pateb247 · 4 pointsr/totalwar

I took a class in Ancient Roman History, and by far it was one of my favorite classes. The one book that was required was Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome. It covers just about everything; a fair amount of pictures, diagrams, and facts.

Chapter on Government, Military, Economy, Religion, Everyday life, Towns and Cities, Geography.

Goes into detail just enough without being super-tomey.

If you want to learn about Rome, this is the book you should try.

u/YourCummyBear · 2 pointsr/totalwar

I was thinking about getting a PC. All my friends are already playing on them.
One was sending me suggestions earlier and suggested this

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With a

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I just get so busy at times that I hate the idea of spending 600+ on a cheaper gaming PC and not even have time to use it.
The laptop is just something to play while on the road and such for work.

I am dying to play warhamemr 2 and 3 kingdoms.

are there any PC builds that won’t run a ton that? I wouldn’t mind used.

u/Rayezilla · 3 pointsr/totalwar

Thucydides on Strategy is a great book that balances the Clausewitzian heavy-handed center of mass theory with the idea that the Athenians may have won the Peloponnesian war with an indirect economic control strategy.

u/sab3r · 2 pointsr/totalwar

It's hard to flesh out the barbarian factions since there is so much that is not known about them. Archaeological evidence is scarce and there is essentially no indigenous literature. Germania was inhabited by dozens of tribes yet almost everything that we know about the barbarians comes from Roman sources. If you're interested in the barbarians of the later Roman Empire, I recommend the book Warfare in Roman Europe, AD 350-425 by Hugh Elton.

u/Luitpold · 1 pointr/totalwar

Ancient Rome: From the Early Republic to the Assasination of Julius Caesar is the only real book I can recommend. This was my primary source bible when I was writing my thesis.

u/ninjatwitch · 1 pointr/totalwar

Hey, I actually like this idea - the best one out of the group here. I really doubt they will make it but I could see a mod, but with such a game/mod you can make up different factions and stylize them in different ways.

If you are interested in a book series that has a setup for such a thing, read Dies the Fire - it doesn't start with any World Wars, but the entire Earth essentially hit the reset button and everyone has to deal with it.

u/ithilkir · 4 pointsr/totalwar

Might I also reccomend:

Complete Roman Army

Roman Warfare

Both by Adrian Goldsworthy a fantasic writer and historian.

u/Commodorez · 6 pointsr/totalwar

So I decided to dig out my Fighting Techniques of the Ancient World book today because of something I saw in r/askhistorians and I saw something that made me come back here. On page 108 it says "This Roman auxiliary cavalryman was equally capable of fighting dismounted as he was from the saddle. He is armed with a spear as his primary weapon, but if dismounted he fought with his spatha. The spear was mostly used overarm in battle. His oval shield allowed him to fight dismounted at no disadvantage when facing conventional infantry. It was made of wood with leather covering, and a metal boss..." I would guess that we will see dismounted troops, but they'll use secondary weapons on foot.