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Author
Series
Masters of Rome volume 2
Publisher
W. Morrow
Pub. Date
c1991
Language
English
Description
As the Roman Empire declines Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Sulla vie for political dominance.
Author
Series
Masters of Rome volume 1
Publisher
Morrow
Language
English
Description
On New Year's Day of 110 B.C., two men whom "Fortune" favors stand with a vision and courage that will force change upon the Roman Empire.
Author
Series
Cicero trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Language
English
Description
"There was a time when Cicero held Caesar's life in the palm of his hand. But now Caesar is the dominant figure and Cicero's life is in ruins. Exiled, separated from his wife and children, his possessions confiscated, his life constantly in danger, Cicero is tormented by the knowledge that he has sacrificed power for the sake of his principles. His comeback requires wit, skill and courage - and for a brief and glorious period, the legendary orator...
5) Roman blood
Author
Series
Roma Sub Rosa series volume 4
Language
English
Description
Gordianus the Finder unwittingly becomes embroiled in a dangerous situation when he accepts a commission in 80 B.C. to investigate the case of an Umbrian landowner who is accused of killing his own father.
Author
Series
Masters of Rome volume 5
Language
English
Description
A novel on Julius Caesar, the Roman emperor, describing his rise to power. It follows him pacifying Britain and Gaul, after which he leads his army across the Rubicon, the frontier between Gaul and Italy, which starts a civil war. He defeats Pompey and becomes dictator. By the author of Caesar's Women.
Author
Series
Masters of Rome volume 3
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
The third volume of a saga set in ancient Rome focuses on the political fortunes of Julius Caesar, a soldier destined for greatness, Sulla the dictator; and the ambitious Pompey, as well as Spartacus's slave revolt.
Author
Series
Masters of Rome volume 4
Publisher
W. Morrow
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
Caesar returns from the battlefield to Rome and prepares to conquer the political arena and the women he left behind--his mistress Servilia, his mother Aurelia, his daughter Julia, and the celebrated Vestal Virgins.
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A prequel to the best-selling Roma Sub Rosa series traces 18-year-old Gordianus's journey to the Seven Wonders of the World, each of which pose a mystery that challenges his budding powers of deduction and the tenacity of celebrated poet Antipater of Sidon, who fakes his death to accompany young Gordianus.
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"In 88 B.C. it seems as if all the world is at war. From Rome to Greece and to Egypt itself, most of civilization is on the verge of war. The young Gordianus--a born-and-raised Roman citizen--is living in Alexandria, making ends meet by plying his trade of solving puzzles and finding things out for pay. He whiles away his time with his slave Bethesda, waiting for the world to regain its sanity. But on the day Gordianus turns twenty-two, Bethesda is...
Author
Series
Masters of Rome volume 6
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A novel of the final days of the Roman Republic explores the love affair between Julius Caesar and Cleopatra, the assassination of Caesar, and the struggle for power that leads to the rise of the Roman Empire.
12) Imperium
Author
Series
Cicero trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Formats
Description
A tale inspired by the writings of Tiro, Cicero's confidential secretary, traces the life of the ancient Roman orator from his beginnings as a young lawyer through his competitions with Pompey, Caesar, and Crassus in the political arena.
Author
Series
Cicero trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Formats
Description
On the eve of Marcus Cicero's inauguration as consul of Rome, the grisly death of a boy sends ripples of fear through a city already wracked by civil unrest, crime, and debauchery of every kind. Felled by a hammer, his throat slit and his organs removed, the young slave appears to have been offered as a human sacrifice, forbidden as an abomination in the Roman Republic. For Cicero, the ill forebodings of this hideous murder only increase his frustrations...
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
In SPQR XI: Under Vesuvius, things are going well for Decius Caecilius Metellus. He is Praetor Peregrinus, which means he has to judge a case or two, but those cases are outside of the City. His cases will be those dealing with foreigners, and all of Italy is his province. His first stop is Campania, "Italy's most popular resort district." Decius and his wife, Julia, are happy for a change of scenery. But, the good times end when, in a town near Vesuvius,...
Author
Series
SPQR mysteries volume 12
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Enjoying the good life in southern Italy, Decius Caecilius Metellus, Roman magistrate for cases involving foreigners, becomes caught in the middle of a bitter rivalry between the priests of Apollo and those of Hecate that explodes into murder.
16) Lustrum
Author
Publisher
Hutchinson
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
The year is 63 BC. In an age of political titans, Cicero stands supreme: the senior consul of the Roman republic. But jealous rivals are determined to destroy him and seize control of the state. To thwart them will take all his guile - and will lead him, and Rome, to the brink of destruction.
Author
Series
SPQR mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
[1999], c1992
Language
English
20) Destroy Carthage
Author
Series
Total war. Rome volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Carthage, 146 BC. This is the story of Fabius Petronius Secundus - Roman legionary and centurion - and of his general Scipio Aemilianus, and his rise to power: from his first battle against the Macedonians, that seals the fate of Alexander the Great's successors, to total war in North Africa and the Siege of Carthage. Scipio's success brings him admiration and respect, but also attracts greed and jealousy - for the closest allies can become the bitterest...