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I had to read 6 for Roman Empire (Augustus to Hadrianish):
Tacitus' Annals and Agricola/Germany
Suetonius' Lives of the Caesars
Apuleius' Golden Ass
Lucian's Chattering Courtesans and other Sardonic Sketches
Marcus Aurelius' Meditations
And with the exception of Meditations and Lives of the Caesars I found myself flipping to the explanation pages every 2-3 pages to discover yet another Roman pun or metaphor for being Greek-like or passively homosexual that would not properly translate to English. Plus, I don't need to read about how Tiberius had "not-yet weened infants suck on his male member"
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"One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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