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Re:Secessio plebis by foobarian on Saturday May 09, 2020 @08:38AM (#23124229)
While not a book, the History of Rome podcast[1] by Mike Duncan is excellent.

[1] https://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/the_history_of_rome/arc...

Re:Secessio plebis by brians on Saturday May 09, 2020 @10:04AM (#23124766)
He’s got a book now, too!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34184069-the-storm-befor...

But the ancients did not think like us—I like Lendon for explaining how and why: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1569074.Empire_of_Honour