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The Bible

Maybe not a must-read, but Peter Hopkirk's The Great Game is an interesting book about the rivalry between Russia and Britain in the 19th century, with a specific focus on Central and Southern Asia.

>>439109
I'll check it out. Thanks anon

Herodotus - The Histories
Thucydides - The Peloponessian War
Xenophon - Anabasis
Polybius - The Histories
Josephus - The Jewish War
Caesar - Commentaries on the Gallic War
Livy - History of Rome

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>>439074
David Hume's History of England.

Plutarch's Lives

>>439109
Seconding this, it's great.

I probably wouldn't consider this a must read, but personally I enjoyed God's War by Christopher Tyerman.

>>439118
>Josephus

Fuck that guy

>>439134
But isn't it all unverifiable bullshit?

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Legionary is best lad