Books on Ancient Greece Recommended by Christopher Pelling

I would also recommend any ancient history written by Tom Holland - "Persian Fire" about the Persian invasion of Greece is a good introduction to the era. Also, Adam Nicholson's "The Might Dead: Why Homer Matters" is a brilliant read, linking such disparate topics as Albanian and Scottish bardic traditions, and LA gang culture.

The ancient Greeks and Romans are fascinating histories. I've always thought of the Greeks as philosophers and the Romans as engineers. In fact I learned to love both taking Latin for 4 years in high school because the teacher loved to take a whole week to teach us history whenever someone asked him a question about something in old Rome.

I would definitely suggest reading something about Plato or Socrates.

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