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One to start with is Rubicon by Tom Holland. It's on Amazon etc. It is a depiction of the conflict between Julius Ceasar and Pompey and covers the period when Rome was in turmoil. If you get into it,I highly recommend the Cicero trilogy by Robert Harris. Mary beard's are more technical...

Leave it with me and I will have a look. A lot of my books were for my classics degree, but I will certainly have a dig.

Ok cheers mate. I will check it out. My area is Greek and Roman classics so it would be good to read something different.

Watched that brilliant Churchill film the other day. Is it accurate that the Calais division were wiped out fighting on to deflect the Germans away from Dunkirk?

Being a sad model maker, it is an odd picture as they seem to be wearing different coats and different caps...some have badges on them and some do not. It does look a bit like the home guard units. If you were that way inclined, you could narrow this picture down. There is snow on the ground...

I had a similar experience at berchesgarten in Bavaria back in the early 80's. It is the area where the SS had their training camps etc and we were sat at a cafe having a drink and Over in the other side of th cafe was a guy dressed as Hitler, uniform , hair cut etc. We couldn't believe what we...

When I used to sing a lot, I had a few singing lessons and the lady who did it was a Canadian. When you walked into her house, the first thing that you saw was a large picture of a plane and a guy standing by it. I thought nothing of it, until one lesson, she had to take a call therefore I...