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Novels about the Ancient World —
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Roman History & Culture
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Ancient Authors including Cicero, Caesar, Plutarch & Catullus

	TRAJAN AND PLOTINA by David Corson The marriage of Trajan, the “perfect prince,” and the philosopher-empress Plotina raises Rome to new heights of grandeur. • DOMITIA & DOMITIAN by David Corson Panoramic (697 pages) novel of the emperor whose reign included the siege of Masada, the eruption of Vesuvius, the burying of Pompeii, and the opening of the Colosseum.
	A SONG FOR NERO is Tom Holt’s latest comic novel set in the ancient world, with a stunner of a “what-if?” twist on the life of Nero. Previously, in Olympiad, Holt lampooned the creation of the first Games. In The Walled Orchard, he viewed the Golden Age of Athens through the eyes of a cynical goat-herd. In Alexander at the World’s End, he spun parallel stories of two Alexanders—one busy conquering the world, the other struggling to care for his own village.
	THE ROMAN TRILOGY by Benita Kane Jaro Three interrelated but independent novels focus on the same period as Steven’s Roma Sub Rosa books: The Key, about the poet Catullus; The Lock, about Cicero; and The Door in the Wall, about Marcus Caelius, the quicksilver lover of Clodia, protege of Cicero, and betrayer of Caesar. John le Carre says Jaro possesses “a voice I can listen to, and an ear that hears right.”
	NOVELS OF ROME & THE DARK AGES by Allan Massie Massie brings the ancient world to life in his novels about the titans of imperial Rome: Caesar, Antony, Augustus, Tiberius, Nero’s Heirs, and Caligula. The author’s Dark Ages Trilogy begins with The Evening of the World, in which a young nobleman witnesses barbarian onslaughts and the seedy splendors of Byzantium, and continues with a very revisionist Arthur the King.
	Through a long and varied career, Gillian Bradshaw has established herself as a leading author of historical fiction set in the ancient world. In The Sun’s Bride , the helmsman of a Rhodian warship rescues a beautiful woman from pirates, and is drawn into intrigues that may engulf the whole Aegean in war. • Dark North is the tale of Memnon, an Ethiopian warrior in the service of emperor Septimius Severus in Britain. • What if the son of Caesar and Cleopatra had not been killed after his mother’s demise? That’s the premise of Cleopatra’s Heir. • In The Beacon at Alexandria, a young woman passes as a eunuch to study medicine in Alexandria, and becomes a doctor on the frontiers of the Roman Empire. • The Sand-Reckoner charts the life of Archimedes, who used scientific genius to create weapons of mass destruction. • Island of Ghosts is a tale of frontier intrigue, as soldiers patrol Hadrian’s Wall on the “Island of Ghosts” — foggy, barbaric Britannia. • In Render Unto Caesar, a young Alexandrian travels to Rome and encounters a female gladiator who is more than she seems. • Alchemy of Fire takes place in Constantinople in age of the Arab invasions, as a concubine tries to hide the fact that her daughter is a royal princess.

	CUTTER’S ISLAND by Vincent Panella Based on a seminal event of Caesar’s youth — his kidnapping by pirates (which inspired Steven’s story “Little Caesar and the Pirates” in The House of the Vestals.)		JULIA by William Napier Young lovers struggle to survive in the twilight of the Roman Empire, from the deserts of Mesopotamia to the dangerous alleys of Londinium. By the author of Attila.
	CENTURION by Peter W. Mitsopoulos Centurion Glaxus Valtinius battles wild beasts, barbarians, and the murderous incompetence of his own commander, whose carelessness threatens the survival of three legions.		THE SEA PEOPLES by Les Cole Latest in the author’s epic series of nautical adventures set in the Bronze Age, preceded by Lion at Sea.

	MARIUS’ MULES by S.J.A. Tunrney A tale of warfare and campaigning, politics and betrayal based on Julius Caesar’s war diary and seen from the perspective of one of his officers.		INTERREGNUM by S.J.A. Turney A story of redemption, loss and recovery in a fractured empire; alternate history set in a fictional world inspired by the crumbling later Roman Empire.
	CLAUDIUS: by Douglas Jackson When Caratacus rebels against Rome, the emperor Claudius sends a secret weapon against the Britons. A sequel to Caligula.		CALIGULA: The Tyranny of Rome by Douglas Jackson An animal trainer and a gladiator are drawn into the dangerous inner circle of the megalomaniac emperor Caligula.
	THE SILVER EAGLE by Ben Kane The saga begun in The Forgotten Legion continues. The captive legionaires march to the edge of the known world; back in Rome, intrigue swirls around Caesar’s campaign in Gaul.		TYRANT by Christian Cameron After fighting for Alexander, the Greek warrior Kineas becomes a mercenary for the Tyrant of Olbia on the Black Sea. Followed by Storm of Arrows and Funeral Games.
	SHIP OF ROME by John Stack As war on the sea rages between Rome and Carthage, the Greek-born Roman captain Atticus is charged with building the fledgling Roman navy.		WARRIOR OF ROME, Book 1: Fire in the East • Book 2: King of Kings by Harry Sidebottom “Sidebottom’s epic tale starts with a chilling assassination and goes on, and up, from there.” (Mary Beard)
	GATES OF TROY by Glyn Iliffe The adventures of Odysseus and his companion Eperitus continue in this sequel to King of Ithaca.		OF MERCHANTS & HEROES by Paul Waters On a quest to avenge his father’s murder, a young Roman travels the world in the era of the great wars between Rome and Carthage. Sequel: Cast Not the Day.
	HAND OF ISIS by Jo Graham The story of Charmian, fated with her half-sisters Cleopatra and Iras to defend Egypt against the power of Rome. By the author of Black Ships.		BLACK SHIPS by Jo Graham The seeress Gull joins the Trojan warrior Aeneas in his quest to find a new homeland, even when he ventures to the gates of the Underworld. By the author of Hand of Isis.
	REPUBLIC: The Gods of War by Christian Cameron Latest in the action-packed series set in the turbulent Roman Republic. Previous volumes: The Pillars of Rome and Sword of Revenge.		FAREWELL BRITANNIA: A Family Saga of Roman Britain by Simon Young The dramatic story of 400 years of Roman rule seen through the tales of 14 family members.
	THEODORIC by Ross Laidlaw Against tremendous odds, the Gothic leader Theodoric becomes master of the shattered Roman Empire in the West. By the author of Attila: The Scourge of God.		DEN OF WOLVES by Luke Devenish The “Empress of Rome” saga begins, narrated by the 100-year-old slave Iphicles, who has seen more than his share of sex, murder, and intrigue.
	PORIUS by John Cowper Powys Unexpurgted edition of the classic epic set in Roman Wales in 499 AD, mixing adventure and romance, Christianity and Paganism, metaphysics and myth.		ALEXANDER & ALESTRIA by Shan Sa The queen of the Amazons, dazzled by Alexander on the battlefield, decides to kidnap the warrior and make him her “wife.” By the author of Empress.
	GLADIATRIX by Russell Whitfield A first century Spartan woman is forced into slavery in the eastern Roman Empire and becomes a gladiatrix. “Makes Gladiator look very tame indeed!” (Simon Scarrow)		BRING DOWN THE SUN by Judith Tarr A novel of Olympias, priestess of the Great Goddess, daughter of ruling house of Epiros, witch, familiar of serpents — and mother of Alexander the Great.
	SHADOW OF COLOSSUS by T.L Higley On Rhodes in 227 BC., the death of her owner gives the courtesan Tessa of Delos a chance for freedom and a new life. First of a Seven Wonders series by Christian author Higley.		THE EAGLE AND THE RAVEN by Pauline Gedge Gigantic novel of Boudicca and Caradoc spans three turbulent generations in Roman Britain; foreward by Donna Gillespie.
	THIS BREATHING WORLD by José Luis de Juan A Harvard student and a scribe of ancient Rome recount parallel tales of sexual adventure...and murder. “Past, present and future coalesce in a mask of perfect unity ... beautifully written.” El Pais		BOY CAESAR by Jeremy Reed A young Londoner emulates the exploits of the notorious emperor Elagabalus. “Reed is the English Rimbaud.” (Edmund White)
	LAVINIA by Ursula K. LeGuin Before the Trojan warrior Aeneas founded Rome, he took the daughter of King Latinus to be his wife. “Deserves to be ranked with I, Claudius.” (Publishers Weekly)		COUNTING THE STARS by Helen Dunmore The poet Catullus woos his lover Clodia in the brittle, brutal Roman society of Julius Caesar. “Dunmore’s skilful scene-setting and characterisation ensure that the action always grips.” (The Times)
	ROME BURNING by Sophia McDougall Alternate history in which Rome’s empire still rules the modern world; a sequel to Romanitas.		THE FIRE WALKER by Ben Pastor In the age of Diocletian and the Tetrarchy, imperial historian Aelius Spartianus investigates the murder of a man resurrected from the dead. A sequel to The Water Theif.
	THE AFGHAN CAMPAIGN by Steven Pressfield Stirring new novel of Alexander at war by the bestselling author of Alexander: The Virtures of War and Gates of Fire.		THE CLEFT by Doris Lessing An old Roman senator retells of the story of human creation, beginning with the Clefts, a community of women living in an Edenic, coastal wilderness...
	THE EAGLE by Jack Whyte The concluding volume of The Camulod Chronicles, the story of King Arthur set against the backdrop of the Roman and Celtic struggle for Britain.		HAWK by George Green In the reign of Tiberius, a procurer of wild beasts for the arena heads for Germany in search of a rare, dangerous creature. High adventure by the author of Hound.
	IMPERIUM by Robert Harris The story of Cicero and the rise of Rome’s empire, as told by his private secretary Tiro; by the author of Pompeii, Fatherland and Enigma.		A GOD STROLLING IN THE COOL OF THE EVENING by Mario de Carvalho Prize-winning novel of moral conflict in the age of Marcus Aurelius, translated from the Portuguese.
	MEN OF BRONZE by Scott Oden Egypt, 526 B.C.: a decadent kingdom faces threats and intrigue from Greeks, Persians, and Phoenicians. By the author of Memnon.		DAUGHTER OF THE CROCODILE by Duncan Sprott continues the saga of the Ptolemies, who ruled Egypt from the death of Alexander to the death of Cleopatra. Volume I: The House of Eagles.
	PILATE’S WIFE by Antoinette May From her privileged place in Roman society, Claudia Procula views the doings of madmen, emperors, and prophets.		PILATE’S WIFE by H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) The famous poet of the 1920s labored long on this unusual novel, in which Pilate’s wife plots to avert the crucifixion of Jesus.
	BOUDICA: Dreaming the Eagle by Manda Scott began an epic series about the Iron Age queen who defied Rome, followed by Dreaming the Bull, Dreaming the Hound, & Dreaming the Serpent Spear.		BOUDICA, QUEEN OF THE ICENI by Joseph E. Roesch Caught in a tragic web and trusting in ancient prophecy, Boudica raises the Britons in a bloody revolt against the merciless legions of Nero.
	HELEN OF TROY by Margaret George The epic story of the Spartan princess, by the bestselling author of Mary, Called Magdalene, The Autobiography of Henry VIII, and Memoirs of Cleopatra.		THE MEMOIRS OF HELEN OF TROY by Amanda Elyot In middle age, Helen writes her autobiography for her daughter, Hermione, revealing how she became the notorious Helen of Troy.
	EMPEROR: The Gods of War by Conn Iggulden continues the saga of Julius Caesar. Previous titles: The Gates of Rome • The Death of Kings • The Field of Swords.		THE NERO PREDICTION by Humphrey Knipe When Rome ruled the world, astrology ruled Rome. Nero’s secretary battles the prediction that he will murder the musical messiah.

	THE EUNUCH NEFERU by Daniel Tegan Marsche In the 1st century B.C., an aging Roman general, smitten by the handsome peasant Kebryn, takes the youth from his desert hovel to the marble halls of Alexandria.		A STRUGGLE FOR ROME by Felix Dahn The German classic set in the reign of Justinian. To save Rome, Cethegus travels to Byzantium to seek the emperor’s help against the invading Goths.
	THE DRUID KING by Norman Spinrad Science fiction master turns to historical fiction with the epic tale of Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls against Julius Caesar.		THE FIRST HEROES ed by Turtledove & Doyle 14 original tales by authors including Gene Wolfe, Poul Anderson, Judith Tarr, and S.M. Stirling range from the Euphrates to Troy and beyond.
	THE YOUNG JULIAN by Thomas J. Hairston Grand-nephew of Constantine the Great, the eventual emperor Julian is stalked through his adolescence by a powerful cousin bent on his death.		MEMOIRS OF A BYZANTINE EUNUCH by Christopher Harris Castrated and enslaved, Zeno becomes the property of an eminent scholar and is ushered into the glittering court-life of Constantinople.
	FOLLOWING HADRIAN by Elizabeth Speller combines travelogue, biography and fictional memoir to recount the life of the emperor who ruled Rome at the peak of her power.		DAUGHTER OF LAZARUS by Albert A. Bell, Jr. Lorcis, a female slave, witnesses the eruption of Vesuvius and the decadence of Domitian’s court.
	LEGION by William Altimari A centurion arrives in Gaul to train the raw recruits of the 25th Legion, just in time to face a massive barbarian invasion.		68 A.D. by D.G. Bellenger Valerian, son of the murdered emperor Galba, encounters intrigue, rebellion, and murder as he seeks his father’s assassins.
	AN IMAGINARY LIFE by David Malouf In exile on the desolate Black Sea coast, the supremely urbane poet Ovid attempts to civilize a feral child.		THE LOVE ARTIST by Jane Alison On the Black Sea coast, the poet Ovid encounters Xenia, a wild-eyed young woman who becomes his muse.

	Antony and Cleopatra by Colleen McCullough continues the author’s monumental Masters of Rome saga with the tale of history’s most famous lovers. Previous novels in this bestselling series: The First Man in Rome, The Grass Crown, Fortune’s Favourites, Caesar’s Women, Caesar, and The October Horse. Of related interest: McCullough’s epic novel The Song of Troy.
	The Fall of Rome is the most ambitious novel yet by Michael Curtis Ford. His previous books: The Ten Thousand, about epic struggles of Xenophon and the Spartan mercenaries stranded in Persia; Gods & Legions, a passionate account of the emperor Julian (compare to Gore Vidal’s classic Julian); The Last King, the saga of Mithridates the Great, rival of Rome; and The Sword of Attila, set against the twilight years of Rome’s empire.
	ATTILA by William Napier “The end of the world will come from the East...” The epic tale of the Hun continues in ATTILA: The Gathering of the Storm. By the author of Julia. (William Napier is the penname of novelist Christopher Hart, author of Rescue Me and The Harvest.)

	Simon Scarrow’s novels of robust military adventure follow centurion Macro and his protege Cato as they contend with ferocious Britons and deadly imperial intrigues. In order: Under the Eagle, The Eagle’s Conquest, When the Eagle Hunts, The Eagle and the Wolves, The Eagle’s Prey, The Eagle’s Prophecy, Eagle in the Sand, and Centurion.
	The classic novels of Alfred Duggan include THREE’S COMPANY, a novel of the struggle between Octavian and Antony as seen by the third man in the Triumvirate, Lepidus. WINTER QUARTERS follows the far-flung adventures of two Gauls in the Roman legions, including Crassus’s Parthian campaign. THE LITTLE EMPERORS and CONSCIENCE OF THE KING are set in Roman Britain. FAMILY FAVOURITES is about the notorious emperor Elagabalus.