ButterflyGin
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How important is it for me to read the First Man in Rome before the Grass Crown?
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Emily
If you have a pretty good sense of Roman history, it wouldn't be totally vital, but the First Man in Rome gives a really solid characterization of both Marius and Sulla, without which I think I would struggle to care about them much upon starting the Grass Crown. Perhaps not utterly necessary, but in my opinion, reading the first book would improve your experience on the second one.
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