Rome


SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
The Twelve Caesars
The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
Caesar: Life of a Colossus
The First Man in Rome (Masters of Rome, #1)
Meditations
The Aeneid
Imperium (Cicero, #1)
Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar
Augustus: First Emperor of Rome
Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoMistress of Rome by Kate QuinnBlood & Beauty by Sarah DunantPompeii by Robert   HarrisThe Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
Historical Fiction - Italy
245 books — 103 voters
Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle    MoranThe Grass Crown by Colleen McCulloughMistress of Rome by Kate QuinnDaughters of Rome by Kate QuinnLady of the Eternal City by Kate Quinn
Greco Roman Historical Fiction
85 books — 9 voters

The Trigger by Tim ButcherCase Closed by Gerald PosnerDestiny of the Republic by Candice MillardHellhound on His Trail by Hampton SidesI Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
Assassination
170 books — 53 voters
Medicus by Ruth DownieRoman Blood by Steven SaylorZÄNKER by Peter  MaeckThe Silver Pigs by Lindsey DavisTerra Incognita by Ruth Downie
Roman Mysteries Series
89 books — 43 voters

Tom Wolfe
[H]e could see the island of Manhattan off to the left. The towers were jammed together so tightly, he could feel the mass and stupendous weight.Just think of the millions, from all over the globe, who yearned to be on that island, in those towers, in those narrow streets! There it was, the Rome, the Paris, the London of the twentieth century, the city of ambition, the dense magnetic rock, the irresistible destination of all those who insist on being where things are happening-and he was among t ...more
Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities

Rick Riordan
It wasn’t easy looking dignified wearing a bed sheet and a purple cape.
Rick Riordan, The Son of Neptune

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