And I can testify malt that tiredness plus one glass of wine at lunch equals depression and woeful mood ( now known as " Copts law of drink").
Off to bury myself in greek tragedy for a lift.
Copt-for a lighter read thru various aancient issues(history lit art etc) , Mary beard confronting the classics is well worth it.
On history, Tom holland good (rubicon and another on later roman stuff). Robin lane fox is better on Greece (one on mythic period -travelling heroes : greeks s d myths in the age of epics) and another one that covers homer to Hadrian called "the classic world -an epic history ).
I am a big fan tho of historic fiction as a good way to learn so would recommend:
Any Mary Renault but ESP king must die/bull from the sea.
Madeline miller- the song of Achilles . This is very good-a retelling, but readable , of Achilles life.
Robert graves- Claudius novels , the Golden Fleece (Jason and argonauts) and count belisarius
Allan massie has done a few (one about augustus, one about Virgil) which I think are largely out of print but still see in libraries.
Lindsey Davies - the falco series is ok (some books better than others -it's roman detective fiction). Course of honour is about emperor Vespasian and his long time love .master and god is quite good (drags a bit in places) about life under emperor Domitian.