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While not exactly history books per say, the 'Masters of Rome' series by Colleen McCullough is incredibly well researched, and is meant to provide a historically accurate account of the people and events starting with the rise of Gaius Marius, (a relative outsider to the roman noble class, who reformed the army, won many battles, and participated in and precipitated many of the events that shook the Republic during his lifetime) focusing a lot of attention on the life and career of Gaius Julius Caesar, and concluding (or continuing? not sure if she's done writing) with Antony and Caesar/Octavian/Augustus (whatever name you prefer, same dude, Caesar's nephew/adopted son and heir) kicking the tar out of the forces of Caesar's assassins, then each other, setting up the beginning of the Empire. The subject is covered in the format of several novels... so the author has taken liberties with the dialogue and details, yet always strives to ensure that those liberties line up accurately with the available historic records... so while we may not know exactly what was said in a conversation between Caesar and Antony, we DO know the nature of their relationship and have some accounts of public interactions between them, so the author has extrapolated likely conversations to advance the 'plot.' Oh, also the books are hugemongous, and there's 7 of them now, so it provides for a LOT of good reading. I found a few different links, but it doesn't looks like she's massively tech savvy... so I'd suggest getting the books from Amazon... the publisher's website looks decent too.
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