Expert: Irulan Serena - 3/2/2005

Question
Hi, and sorry for my argentinian english. I´m reading a lot of history by now, and I´m very interested in 3 major personalities: Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar and Hannibal Of Cartaghe. So there are too much biographies of them around, ¿could you recommend me which are the best or the most respetable of them? This will really help me. Thank you very much!

Answer
Hola Leonardo,

Your English is fine, no need to apologize!

Any of the following are good ones.

ALEXANDER THE GREAT

Alexander of Macedon 356-323 B. C.: A Historical Biography by Peter Green

Alexander the Great, by Robin L. Fox

Conquest and Empire: The Reign of Alexander the Great    by A. B. Bosworth  

Alexander the Great by J. R. Hamilton

Alexander the Great, by Richard Stoneman

Alexander the Great: Man of Action, Man of Spirit  Pierre Briant (translated by Jeremy Leggatt

The Death of Alexander the Great    by Paul Doherty

Alexander the Great: The Invisible Enemy    by  John Maxwell O'Brien


JULIUS CAESAR

Caesar, by Christian Meier. 1995

Julius Caesar and His Public Image. 1983. by Zwi Yavets

The Life & Times Of Julius Caesar (Biography from Ancient Civilizations)   by Jim Whiting   

Julius Caesar: Man, Soldier, and Tyrant. 1965. General J.F.C. Fuller

Caesar: Politician and Statesman by Matthias Gelzer
From the Gracchi to Nero: A History of Rome from 133 B.C. to A.D. 68 by H. H. Scullard
The Roman Army at War: 100 Bc-Ad 200 (Oxford Classical Monographs) by Adrian Keith Goldsworthy
The Roman Revolution by Ronald Syme
     Caesar by Christian Meier
The Complete Roman Army by Adrian Goldsworthy


   HANNIBAL BARCA

    Hannibal  BY  Robert Green

    Hannibal's War: A Military History of the Second Punic War  BY J. F. Lazenby, John Lazenby

    Hannibal: Enemy of Rome   BY Leonard Cottrell

    Hannibal   BY Serge Lancel, Antonia Nevill (Translator)

    Hannibal's Dynasty: Power and Politics in the Western Mediterranean, 247-183 BC   BY Dexter Hoyos