<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>cdcarter</author><text>I have to shout out the “Masters of Rome” series by Colleen Mccullough. It starts with “The First Man in Rome” covering Gaius Marius’ rise to power, and proceeds through the fall of the Republic and the establishing of the Empire.&lt;p&gt;These books are incredibly well researched and informative, but also have SUCH a compelling narrative style and characterizations. It’s very immersive.</text><parent_chain><item><author>diego_moita</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve seen some interest on HN for the Roman Kingdom, Republic and Empire.&lt;p&gt;For a very interesting history of Rome, from the 2 foundation myths (Romulus vs Aeneas) until the end of the &amp;quot;Pax Romana&amp;quot;, I strongly suggest the book &amp;quot;SPQR&amp;quot;, by Mary Beard.&lt;p&gt;She is a very respected scholar on Ancient Rome and she has a lot of documentaries on Youtube.&lt;p&gt;I just started the famous &amp;quot;Decline and fall of the Roman Empire&amp;quot;, by Edward Gibbons, covering the period after the SPQR book. Still in the beginning, to early for conclusions.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors</title><url>https://acoup.blog/2023/08/11/collections-how-to-roman-republic-101-part-iiia-starting-down-the-path-of-honors/</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>philipov</author><text>Check out the History of Rome podcast by Mike Duncan if you haven&amp;#x27;t already.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;The_History_of_Rome_(podcast)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;The_History_of_Rome_(podcast)&lt;/a&gt;</text><parent_chain><item><author>diego_moita</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve seen some interest on HN for the Roman Kingdom, Republic and Empire.&lt;p&gt;For a very interesting history of Rome, from the 2 foundation myths (Romulus vs Aeneas) until the end of the &amp;quot;Pax Romana&amp;quot;, I strongly suggest the book &amp;quot;SPQR&amp;quot;, by Mary Beard.&lt;p&gt;She is a very respected scholar on Ancient Rome and she has a lot of documentaries on Youtube.&lt;p&gt;I just started the famous &amp;quot;Decline and fall of the Roman Empire&amp;quot;, by Edward Gibbons, covering the period after the SPQR book. Still in the beginning, to early for conclusions.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors</title><url>https://acoup.blog/2023/08/11/collections-how-to-roman-republic-101-part-iiia-starting-down-the-path-of-honors/</url></story>