Sick Caesars – Madness and Malady in Imperial Rome by Michael Grant: “The author discusses how, aside from emotional anxieties, the emperors were visited by any number of diseases which the stress of their position seemed only to exacerbate. Alcoholism and epilepsy were two illnesses commonly shared by the Caesars, and the list of maladies goes on to include schizophrenia, hyperthyroidism, acute encephalitis, and congenital cerebral paralysis, to name just a few.”
A History of the World in 12 Maps by Jerry Brotton: “A fascinating look at twelve maps—from Ancient Greece to Google Earth—and how they changed our world.”
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*The dawn of everything* by Davids Graeber and Wengrow
*Kindred* by Rebecca Sykes
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Two on my reading list that were highly recommended to me
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Sick Caesars – Madness and Malady in Imperial Rome by Michael Grant: “The author discusses how, aside from emotional anxieties, the emperors were visited by any number of diseases which the stress of their position seemed only to exacerbate. Alcoholism and epilepsy were two illnesses commonly shared by the Caesars, and the list of maladies goes on to include schizophrenia, hyperthyroidism, acute encephalitis, and congenital cerebral paralysis, to name just a few.”
A History of the World in 12 Maps by Jerry Brotton: “A fascinating look at twelve maps—from Ancient Greece to Google Earth—and how they changed our world.”
*The dawn of everything* by Davids Graeber and Wengrow
*Kindred* by Rebecca Sykes
Two on my reading list that were highly recommended to me
Ravenna by Judith Herrin
Agrippina by Emma Southon