What a fantastic way to learn ancient history: via the parallels with modern times. This book was a smash hit when it first came out in 1939, and yet it went out of print, and hasn't been in print in half a century.
A collection of ancient places mentioned in the book of Latin poetry Elegiarum et carminum libri tres (Venice 1477) by the Croatian author Juraj Šižgorić (Georgius Sisgoreus, Šibenik, 1420–1509).