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Kagan did a multivolume analysis of the War. Very readable with information for other sources. Recommend to read alongside or after T.
Yes. I think Mr. Kagan is a fine historian for the period. He really has a command of the sources and brings that whole period to life with his analyses of Thucydides and his work.
Just a thought after the two films '300' and 'Rise of an Empire' came out.
The films are probably ok for the modern age's interpretation of the great events of antiquity through Hollywood's eye but we really should be happy that we have Herodotus' 'The Histories' on the back burner through the millennia to thumb through. All in all, I prefer his presentation of antiquity in his stories than the movie moguls.
Same for Tacitus and his 'Histories' or 'Annals' since there probably isn't anyone in Hollywood or in movie-making who would even know how to start on a screenplay of anything Tacitus wrote about. I despair to think they wouldn't even know what the great Roman historian was even about in his view of his 'Empire'.
I am on to Livy's account of the war with Hannibal, and it is actually a crackin'. Livy's style is pretty flat, but not nearly as flat as Thucydides, and I guess there just isn't anything you can do to make the second Punic boring.
Thucydides was laborious. He writes laboriously. To read him is very taxing. I think for people who find war fascinating, that Thucydides is a gold mine.
Gladkov's Cement was even worse. Most BORING book EVER.
I read Livy about 15 years ago, and I recalled it as being a fascinating scandal sheet. Probably not the most accurate of histories, but I thought it was a fun read. On the other hand, after finishing Livy, I tried another Roman historian - maybe Tacitus but I'm not sure - and I couldn't finish it.
However, I will keep these recommendations in mind and try some of the other non-Tacitus histories.
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