| Guide Picks - Top Five H.H. Scullard History Books | ||
| Howard Hayes Scullard (1903-1983) was a professor of ancient history at King's College, London. He edited the "Oxford Classical Dictionary" and "Atlas of the Classical World", as well as writing several standard texts on Roman history and Roman Britain. | ||
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1) "A History of the Roman World 753 to 146 B.C." Critical events in Roman history from the beginning of the Republic through the Punic Wars. Also chapters on Roman life and culture.
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2) "Festivals and Ceremonies of the Roman Republic" If you want to know what the ancient Romans celebrated on each day of the year, this is the book for you. Scullard explains the abbreviations on the "fasti" (festival calendar) and explains the origins of celebrations. |
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3) "From the Gracchi to Nero: A History of Rome from 133 B.C. to A.D. 68" A standard text on the period of the Roman Revolution through the Julio-Claudian emperors. Looks at the Gracchi, Marius, Pompey, Sulla, Caesar and the expanding empire. 
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4) "The Etruscan Cities of Rome" Scullard looks at the mysteries of the Etruscans, the dominant power before Rome, in the Italic peninsula.
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5) "Roman Britain" A look at Roman Britain using classical scholarship and archaeology -- for the general reader.
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