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Comment author: Romashka 02 August 2015 03:13:31PM * 2 points [-]

Could someone point me towards good fictional stories set in Roman times, like those by Kipling in Puck...? Thank you. (Edit: spelling)

Comment author: Username 02 August 2015 08:21:09PM 8 points [-]

I, Claudius by Robert Graves

Comment author: advancedatheist 02 August 2015 11:44:26PM 3 points [-]

I enjoyed the miniseries adaptation starring Derek Jacobi. I guess I identified with Claudius as the unappreciated nerd in his family who finally winds up with some respect and recognition just through the attrition of the other men in his Julio-Claudian family.

Comment author: D_Alex 06 August 2015 08:04:53AM 3 points [-]

If you are after descriptions of society in those days, try "Quo Vadis" by Henryk Sienkiewicz. Historical fiction about early days of Christianity, won a Nobel Prize for literature. Strong religious themes.

Comment author: Romashka 06 August 2015 10:09:30AM 2 points [-]

Feuchtwanger's novels on the Judean war set during early Christianity were also interesting.

Comment author: iarwain1 02 August 2015 06:59:29PM 3 points [-]

I happen to greatly enjoy Rosemary Sutcliff's historical novels. I'm not an expert on Roman or Anglo-Saxon cultures (that's where most of her novels are set), but as far as I can tell they're pretty accurate. They give a pretty good feel for what it must have actually been like to live back then.