Historian and Author
Tom Holland is an English historian, author and podcaster who co-hosts The Rest is History with Dominic Sandbrook. His books span the ancient and medieval worlds, including Rubicon and Persian Fire, and he is especially known for Dominion, which traces the influence of Christianity on Western civilisation.
by Tom Holland
Holland narrates the fall of the Roman Republic, where ambition and military glory destroyed the system that produced them. Caesar's Rubicon crossing capped a century of erosion.
The books Tom Holland references, cites, and recommends most frequently.
by Plato
Plato's foundational dialogue asks what justice truly means, arguing that a well-ordered society mirrors a well-ordered soul. Still the starting point for political philosophy.
Who Tom draws from, and who draws from Tom — aggregated across every book in this collection. Counts show the number of citation links, not the depth of each one.