Great Histories

Submitted by JohnnyW on Mon, 03/12/2001 - 04:27
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  • Arrian/The Campaigns of Alexander
  • Herodutus/The Histories
  • Thucydides/History of the Peloponnesian War
  • Plutarch/The Fall of the Roman Republic
  • Tacitus/Annals and Histories
  • Geoffrey of Monmouth/The History of the Kings of Britain
  • Edward Gibbon/The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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This list is far from finished; just a few to get me started...

lbangs03/12/2001

A list I can certainly dig...

Classics:
Herodotus - The Histories
Thucydides - History of the Peloponnesian War
Tacitus - Annals and Histories

Modern:
History of the World - JM Roberts (Best one-volume attempt I know of...)
Will and Ariel Durant - The Story of Civilization (best mutli-volume attempt I am aware of)
HG Wells - The Outline of History (admirable and highly influential early attempt at the impossible)

I'll think of more later. Great job!

Shalom, y'all!

L. Bangs

JohnnyW03/12/2001

Some excellent suggestions; I think I'll add the classics you listed.

Johnny Waco