I'm looking for books about Italy, specifically Rome and Venice, and also books set in Rome and/or Venice. What would you recommend? [more inside]
posted by garlic on Aug 24, 2009 - 19 answers

When was the last time scholars discovered a previously unknown piece of literature from ancient Greece or Rome? Has it happened at all in modern times? If you were to speculate on the chances we'll ever rediscover another play from Euripides, Sophocles, et al, are there any relatively recent discoveries of new works from ancient Greek and Roman authors you could use as examples?
posted by mediareport on May 19, 2008 - 17 answers

What are your favorite books on the Roman Empire? [more inside]
posted by Gordion Knott on Aug 30, 2007 - 29 answers

How do we know so much about Roman history? [more inside]
posted by Paul KC on Jul 8, 2006 - 24 answers

What did the music of ancient Rome sound like? [more inside]
posted by potsmokinghippieoverlord on May 13, 2006 - 8 answers

I'm looking for a good book on Roman history. [more inside]
posted by gsteff on Feb 26, 2005 - 13 answers

What is the name for the people who were allowed to sit outside the Roman Senate and shout their opposition to whatever was going on inside?
posted by swift on Nov 6, 2004 - 2 answers

As a lay...very lay...student of Roman Republic and Empire, and anticipating the upcoming HBO/BBC series Rome with relish, I'm reading everything I can get my hands on about both Republic and Empire. Currently I'm reading an abridgement of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire I just inherited. What next? [insert Latin for "more inside" here].
posted by WolfDaddy on Sep 2, 2004 - 19 answers