Support the show and learn some more about history by buying one of the following recommended books:

 

Caesar: Life of a Colossus by Adrian Goldsworthy 

 

Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland 

 

Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician by Anthony Everitt

 

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard

 

Augustus: First Emperor of Rome by Adrian Goldsworthy

 

Antony and Cleopatra by Adrian Goldsworthy

 

Napoleon the Great (aka Napoleon: A Life) by Andrew Roberts - Definitive must-read on the life of Napoleon

 

The Devil's Disciples: Hitler's Inner Circle by Anthony Read - Incredible, detailed book on the personalities of Hitler's inner circle.

 

Hitler's Charisma: Leading Millions into the Abyss by Laurence Rees

 

The Guns of August: The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Classic About the Outbreak of World War I by Barbara W. Tuchman

 

Bridge of Spies: A True Story of the Cold War by Giles Whittell

 

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford

 

Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West by Tom Holland

 

In The Shadow Of The Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire Tom Holland

 

Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs by Buddy Levy

 

River of Darkness: Francisco Orellana and the Deadly First Voyage through the Amazon by Buddy Levy

 

A Concise History of Spain (Cambridge Concise Histories) by William D. Phillips Jr

 

Marcus Aurelius' Meditations 

 

Machiavelli's "The Prince" 

 

Napoleon's Chronicles of Caesar's Wars 

 

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