As we like to plan ahead, here, as usual, is next year's reading list for our book chats:
Roman History Reading Group
Reading List for 2010
| January 6 | The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff |
| January 20, February 3 & 17 | Tacitus, Histories (Penguin Classics; Revised edition, August 25, 2009) Histories Online |
| March 3 & 17 | Ancient Rome on Five Denarii a Day by Philips Matyzcak (Irene's review) Working IX to V: Orgy Planners, Funeral Clowns, and Other Prized Professions of the Ancient World by Vicki Leon |
| April 7 | Lavinia by Ursula K. Leguin |
| April 21 | Marcus Aurelius: Meditations (Penguin Classics; annotated edition edition, 2006) Online: The Meditations with background: Marcus Aurelius by Anthony Birley / related blogs, etc., to follow |
| May 5 & 19 | Augustus, A Novel by John Williams, which interested parties could combine with Massie’s Augustus as a contrast. |
| June 2 | The Roman Way by Edith Hamilton |
| June 16 | Martial (selections to come) |
| July 7 | SPQR III: The Sacrilege by John Maddox Roberts |
| July 21 | The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found by Mary Beard This may be carried over into August for those interested. |
| August Recess | |
| September 1 | Kleopatra by Karen Essex (Irene's review) / (N.S. Gill's review) |
| September 15, October 6 & 20 | Sections of The Aeneid (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Virgil Dryden Translation |
| November 3, 17 | The Spartacus War by Barry Strauss |
| December 1 | Last Act in Palmyra by Lindsey Davis |
| December 15 | Get Out or Die (Aurelia) by Jane Finnis |
