List of Historical Novels - Roman Republic & Empire

Roman Republic & Empire

  • The Secret of the Kingdom and The Roman by Mika Waltari
  • The Sword of Pleasure by Peter Green (Sulla, 1st century BC)
  • The Masters of Rome series by Colleen McCullough (1st century BC)
  1. The First Man in Rome (110–100 BC)
  2. The Grass Crown (97–86 BC)
  3. Fortune's Favourites (83–69 BC)
  4. Caesar's Women (67–59 BC)
  5. Caesar (1998) (54–48 BC)
  6. The October Horse (48–41 BC)
  7. Antony and Cleopatra (41–27 BC)
  • Young Caesar and Imperial Caesar by Rex Warner (Julius Caesar, 1st century BC)
  • The Emperor Series by Conn Iggulden: The Gates of Rome, The Death of Kings, The Field of Swords and The Gods of War (Life of Julius Caesar)
  • Marius' Mules series by S.J.A.Turney (Julius Caesar's invasion of Gaul)
  • Legionary series by Gordon Doherty set in the Late Roman Empire: Legionary, Legionary: Viper of the North
  • Strategos series by Gordon Doherty set in the Manzikert-era Byzantium
  • The Ides of March by Thornton Wilder (Last days of Julius Caesar)
  • Caesar, Anthony, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and Nero's Heirs by Allan Massie
  • King Jesus by Robert Graves
  • Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace
  • The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas
  • Judas, My Brother: The Story of the Thirteenth Disciple by Frank Yerby
  • A Song for Nero by Thomas Holt (1st century)
  • Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz (Christians under Nero)
  • El lazo de púrpura by Alejandro Núñez Alonso (Tiberius period)
  • The Roman Mysteries, a series of children's books by Caroline Lawrence (1st century)
  • I, Claudius and Claudius, the God by Robert Graves (Roman emperors, 1st century)
  • Julian by Gore Vidal (Julian the Apostate, 4th century)
  • Founding Fathers by Alfred Duggan (Romulus and the founding of Rome)
  • Winter Quarters by Alfred Duggan (Crassus' Parthian expedition)
  • Three's Company by Alfred Duggan (The Triumvir Lepidus)
  • Family Favourites by Alfred Duggan (Emperor Elagabalus, 3rd century)
  • The Little Emperors by Alfred Duggan (Late-Roman Britain)
  • I am a Barbarian by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Describes the life of Caligula as seen through the eyes of his slave.)
  • Eagle in the Snow by Wallace Breem (Magnus Maximus, 4th century)
  • The Legate's Daughter by Wallace Breem, 1975 (North Africa, Early Empire)
  • The Darkness And The Dawn by Thomas B. Costain (barbarian invasions)
  • Count Belisarius by Robert Graves (the Byzantine general Belisarius, 6th century)
  • Scipio trilogy by Santiago Posteguillo (the Punic Wars general Publius Cornelius Scipio)
  1. Africanus, el hijo del cónsul
  2. Las legiones malditas
  3. La traición de Roma
  • Los asesinos del emperador by Santiago Posteguillo (Trajan life, Domitian death)
  • Roma sub rosa series by Steven Saylor (fictitious detective interacting with Cicero and other historical characters, 1st century BC)
  • Last of the Ninth by Stephen Lorne Bennett (Decimus Malorix seeks the survivors of a haunted legion during the Parthian War of Marcus Aurelius, 160s AD)link
  • The Female by Paul I. Wellman (Life of Justinian's wife, the 6th century Byzantine Empress Theodora, concluding with the Nika riots)
  • Las Puertas de Seda by Olalla García (east empire at Valens death time, Persian Sassanid Empire under Shapur II)

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