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Miniatures Adventure => Age of Myths, Gods and Empires => Topic started by: vcina on March 31, 2015, 06:40:43 AM

Title: Need some books on Roman Civil Wars
Post by: vcina on March 31, 2015, 06:40:43 AM

I'm thinking of doing some battles based on the year of the five emperors or the Roman Civil Wars that happened after Julius.  Do you have any book suggestions?

Title: Re: Need some books on Roman Civil Wars
Post by: SteveBurt on March 31, 2015, 10:49:45 AM

Do you mean the year of the 5 emperors (193AD, Middle Imperial, Septimius Severus) or the year of the 4 Emperors (69AD, Vespasian)? The second one is covered by Suetonius and Tacitus.

Title: Re: Need some books on Roman Civil Wars
Post by: A Lot of Gaul on March 31, 2015, 01:51:44 PM

For the Wars of the First Triumvirate (Caesar, Pompey, Crassus), 49-45 BC:

Caesar, The Civil Wars: http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Caesar/Civil_Wars/home.html (http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Caesar/Civil_Wars/home.html)

(Not) Caesar, The Spanish War: http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Caesar/Spanish_War/home.html (http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Caesar/Spanish_War/home.html)

(Not) Caesar, The African War: http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Caesar/African_War/home.html (http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Caesar/African_War/home.html)

Aulus Hirtius(?), The Alexandrian War: http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Caesar/Alexandrian_War/home.html (http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Caesar/Alexandrian_War/home.html)

Cassius Dio, Roman History 41-44:
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/home.html#41 (http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/home.html#41)

For the Wars of the Second Triumvirate (Octavian, Antony, Lepidus), 43-33 BC:

Cassius Dio, Roman History 45-56: http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/home.html#45 (http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/home.html#45)

Cheers,
Scott

Title: Re: Need some books on Roman Civil Wars
Post by: A Lot of Gaul on March 31, 2015, 01:59:21 PM

Double post - terribly sorry about that!

Cheers,
Scott

Title: Re: Need some books on Roman Civil Wars
Post by: vcina on March 31, 2015, 07:14:09 PM

Quote from: SteveBurt on March 31, 2015, 10:49:45 AM

Do you mean the year of the 5 emperors (193AD, Middle Imperial, Septimius Severus) or the year of the 4 Emperors (69AD, Vespasian)? The second one is covered by Suetonius and Tacitus.

Yes, This time frame is what I am looking at recreating.