Name: Great Homeschool Conventions (Columbus)
Start: 2025-04-24T00:00:00-05:00
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July 1, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Betty Dickerson
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Hi There,
This goes along with my question in the Living Books area about Rosemary Sutcliff books. I’m looking for some books on Roman history or set in that time period that my 10yo boys can read on their own. They’ve read the Detectives in Togas. I’m going to save the Rosemary Sutcliff books for my 12yo. My boys read, but those books I think would be too laborious for them and not appropriate in content for them.
So, I’d love any other suggestions.
Blessings,
Betty
July 1, 2008 at 4:27 pm
Bookworm
Participant
Quintus, by R. Weerstand, is good, but again it’s intense; I might not give it to a 10yo. But I have two unqualified recommendations to give you:
The Ides of April and Beyond the Desert Gate by Mary Ray. I read these two out loud to my whole family this past year. Excellent books! Again, it’s hard to have peaceful subject matter in Roman times, lol, and “stuff” happens but these two are not graphic and I did not need to edit for my 8yo. Also, Twice Freed by Patricia St. John is excellent. My boys also enjoyed reading several Landmarks, I know they read Julius Caesar and Hannibal and the Elephants.
Michelle D
July 1, 2008 at 8:42 pm
Betty Dickerson
Participant
Michelle,
You are so helpful!!! Can you come over?? It would make my planning alot easier!! I’ll look for those books.
I’m so torn because I want to make every book a read aloud. It’s been very hard for me to let go and let my children read some books without me. I want to share in all of it, but I see that I can’t keep up with that and I’m holding them back. Great suggestions.
It sounds like you are ahead of me a year in history and schooling. That’s great! Share the wisdom!! Pass it on down to me!!!
Blessings to you,
Betty
July 2, 2008 at 2:11 am
Shanna
Participant
Betty,
Michelle has to come to my house first. LOL!!!!
July 2, 2008 at 5:27 pm
SueinMN
Participant
How about The Bronze Bow? This is my favorite Roman Era book. But then I think I would make it a read aloud too because it is too good to miss. Vinegar Boy is about the crucifixion of Christ. Titus: A Comrade of the Cross, Stephen A Soldier of the Cross, and Joel A Boy of Galilee are all good Roman era books published by Lamplighter.
July 2, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Betty Dickerson
Participant
Yes, I’m planning to read aloud Bronze Bow. We’ve also read Titus: A Comrade of the Cross. I may look into those other books as well. We love Lamplighter books.
Thanks for that.
March 14, 2012 at 2:16 pm
pianogirl363
Participant
Thank you for all of the book suggestions for Roman history. They have been very helpful!
Michelle, I’m having a hard time tracking down a Landmark book on Hannibal. Was “Hannibal and the Elephants” the actual title? Perhaps it was this book? Hannibal, Invader From Carthage by Robert N. Webb
~Anna

March 14, 2012 at 2:49 pm
suzukimom
Participant
maybe “Our Little Roman Cousin from Long Ago”? It, and other options, are on Heritage History….

March 14, 2012 at 3:08 pm
Bookworm
Participant
Silly me, this was a LONG time ago but I had this book in a big stack of Landmarks and others ready to be restacked. Three years later, I found the stack–still waiting to be restacked. I guess that disqualifies ME from ever running a lending library.
The book I was thinking of is not in fact a Landmark, although it IS a delightful book. It is Hannibal’s Elephants by Alfred Powers. Could probably be read alone by 4th grade and up. My boys LOVED this one. They “crossed the Alps” with plastic elephants and WWII looking toy soldiers (cute, huh?) for WEEKS. Sigh. The good old days.
March 14, 2012 at 5:59 pm
pianogirl363
Participant
Thank you, Michelle. I appreciate you searching it out for me. 🙂
~Anna
March 14, 2012 at 7:08 pm
Evergreen
Member
How about A Triumph for Flavius, by Caroline Dale Snedeker? My two 11-year-olds just finished Theras and His Town, by the same author, and they really enjoyed her writing and learned a good deal. While they contain a lot of information and are well written, they’re a bit less laborious than Detectives in Togas, I believe.
Blessings,
Aimee