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Phase3
The Ancient World and War
9 works252 hours
The Durants provide scope. Livy provides institutional depth and the Roman moral imagination. Keegan supplies the anthropology and technology of warfare. Clausewitz forces you to connect violence to political purpose.
Read in this order
01Our Oriental Heritage
Will Durant
38h02The Life of GreeceWill Durant
27h03Caesar and ChristWill Durant
27h04The Age of FaithWill Durant
43h05The Early History of RomeBooks 1–5
Livy
21h06Rome and ItalyBooks 6–10
Livy
16h07The War with HannibalBooks 21–30
Livy
30h08Rome and the MediterraneanBooks 31–45
Livy
29h09A History of WarfareJohn Keegan
21h10On WarCarl von Clausewitz
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