What books would you like published?

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I'm glad you asked this question because I do have a book in mind that I have always wanted.

I want a complete, illustrated, multi-volume, chronological history of Rome with full color photos and maps, that is compiled purely from narratives by ancient authors. Start with Livy, then Polybius, then Appian, then Cassius Dio, etc. Whoever has the best narrative for the time period covered should be inserted into the chronology. It should read like a huge novel.

I want to stress that it should be arranged chronologically! There are a thousand books that give detailed accounts of certain aspects of Roman history, even Appian takes this approach, but it is harder to find a place where the chronology is preserved. There are advantages to teaching history in pieces, but information can also be lost that way. What happens before what is one of the most important clues to understand why history moves the way it does.

I think such a volume of books would be a very good read. I will put this together someday if nobody else does, but first I want to read the sources in the orginal Latin and Greek after I learn how. I'm still young, I have time!