Book Thread - /his/ (#17802100) [Archived: 700 hours ago]

Anonymous

6/30/2025, 2:07:24 AM No.17802100

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What are some great old books that can encapsulate a whole region?
picrel for Greeks
Bible for Christians
Livy for Romans
Book of Mormon for Ethiopia

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Anonymous

6/30/2025, 2:32:44 AM No.17802184

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The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire - Edward gibbon

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Anonymous

6/30/2025, 3:10:38 AM No.17802303

>>17802184
Tasty very tasty

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Anonymous

6/30/2025, 3:14:59 AM No.17802313

>>17802303
she's a robot made of metal anon, I don't think she would taste very good

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Anonymous

6/30/2025, 3:18:24 AM No.17802323

landmark

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>>17802100 (OP)
highly recommend this one

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Anonymous

6/30/2025, 3:29:13 AM No.17802355

>>17802313
hunger is the best sauce

Anonymous

6/30/2025, 3:30:38 AM No.17802358

>>17802323
>Landmark
I got that for Caesar's Commentaries because it had all the extra books from later in his career but I don't see the point for something that took place in such a constricted region
Can you show me a map or something cool I wouldn't have otherwise known about from it?

Anonymous

6/30/2025, 3:32:23 AM No.17802363

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>>17802100 (OP)
This is one of my favorites

Anonymous

6/30/2025, 3:41:24 AM No.17802380

>>17802100 (OP)
Xenophon's "Anabasis" for the near-east.

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Anonymous

6/30/2025, 3:42:14 AM No.17802382

>>17802380
Is his Hellenica a worthy Part 3 to the
>Herodotus
>Thucydides
Duology?
At the very least, is it a worthy appendix to the latter?