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Ancient Rome Books
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SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome (Paperback)
by (shelved 291 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.05 — 84,354 ratings — published 2015
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
by (shelved 221 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.24 — 74,105 ratings — published 1934
The Twelve Caesars (Paperback)
by (shelved 182 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.03 — 23,176 ratings — published 121
The Aeneid (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 180 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.88 — 145,829 ratings — published -19
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic (Paperback)
by (shelved 162 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.23 — 28,497 ratings — published 2003
Meditations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 159 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.28 — 364,269 ratings — published 180
Imperium (Cicero, #1)
by (shelved 131 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.14 — 42,129 ratings — published 2006
The First Man in Rome (Masters of Rome, #1)
by (shelved 119 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.14 — 24,654 ratings — published 1990
Pompeii (Paperback)
by (shelved 115 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.88 — 54,782 ratings — published 2003
Metamorphoses (Paperback)
by (shelved 105 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.10 — 79,485 ratings — published 8
Caesar: Life of a Colossus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 100 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.24 — 13,486 ratings — published 2006
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Paperback)
by (shelved 99 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.02 — 15,618 ratings — published 1776
Memoirs of Hadrian (Paperback)
by (shelved 99 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.21 — 37,027 ratings — published 1951
The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 96 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.25 — 16,306 ratings — published 2017
Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina (Claudius, #2)
by (shelved 90 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.20 — 16,969 ratings — published 1934
Augustus (Paperback)
by (shelved 90 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.26 — 20,970 ratings — published 1972
Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #1)
by (shelved 89 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.01 — 31,969 ratings — published 2010
The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome (Paperback)
by (shelved 88 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.96 — 9,970 ratings — published -29
The Conquest of Gaul (Paperback)
by (shelved 87 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.02 — 13,777 ratings — published -50
Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 87 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.17 — 7,501 ratings — published 2015
The Silver Pigs (Marcus Didius Falco, #1)
by (shelved 87 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.89 — 15,829 ratings — published 1989
The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found (Hardcover)
by (shelved 79 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.10 — 5,542 ratings — published 2008
Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 78 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.95 — 8,399 ratings — published 2006
Conspirata (Cicero, #2)
by (shelved 75 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.26 — 22,390 ratings — published 2009
Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.90 — 8,381 ratings — published 2001
The Annals of Imperial Rome (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.99 — 9,402 ratings — published 116
Augustus: First Emperor of Rome (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.28 — 5,191 ratings — published 2014
Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 70 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.08 — 7,607 ratings — published 2023
Caesar's Women (Masters of Rome, #4)
by (shelved 66 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.29 — 7,826 ratings — published 1996
Roman Blood (Roma Sub Rosa, #1)
by (shelved 64 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.95 — 9,489 ratings — published 1991
The Grass Crown (Masters of Rome, #2)
by (shelved 63 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.33 — 13,408 ratings — published 1990
Fortune's Favorites (Masters of Rome, #3)
by (shelved 61 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.40 — 8,839 ratings — published 1993
Roma (Roma, #1)
by (shelved 61 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.94 — 8,841 ratings — published 2007
Daughters of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #2)
by (shelved 60 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.96 — 13,192 ratings — published 2011
Medicus (Gaius Petreius Ruso, #1)
by (shelved 60 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.76 — 9,566 ratings — published 2006
Letters from a Stoic (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.32 — 58,637 ratings — published 64
The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.16 — 4,396 ratings — published 2005
The Punic Wars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,594 ratings — published 2000
Quo Vadis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.01 — 42,724 ratings — published 1896
Cleopatra's Daughter (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.12 — 31,089 ratings — published 2009
Caesar (Masters of Rome, #5)
by (shelved 56 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.40 — 8,467 ratings — published 1997
A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.07 — 6,587 ratings — published 2020
The October Horse (Masters of Rome #6)
by (shelved 56 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.34 — 6,645 ratings — published 2002
The Gates of Rome (Emperor, #1)
by (shelved 55 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.20 — 31,214 ratings — published 2003
Antony and Cleopatra (Masters of Rome, #7)
by (shelved 55 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.06 — 6,328 ratings — published 2007
How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.01 — 3,272 ratings — published 2009
Julius Caesar (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.71 — 222,554 ratings — published 1599
Dictator (Cicero, #3)
by (shelved 51 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.42 — 18,597 ratings — published 2015
The Roman Revolution (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,030 ratings — published 1939
The Rise of Rome: The Making of the World's Greatest Empire (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.95 — 3,548 ratings — published 2012
“Last Words. It will be recollected that the Emperor Augustus, that terrible man, who had himself as much in his own power and could be silent as well as any wise Socrates, became indiscreet about himself in his last words; for the first time he let his mask fall, when he gave to understand that he had carried a mask and played a comedy, - he had played the father of his country and wisdom on the throne well, even to the point of illusion! Plaudite amici, comoedia finita est! - The thought of the dying Nero: qualis artifexpereo! was also the thought of the dying Augustus: histrionic conceit! histrionic loquacity! And the very counterpart to the dying Socrates! - But Tiberius died silently, that most tortured of all self-torturers, - he was genuine and not a stage-player! What may have passed through his head in the end! Perhaps this: " Life - that is a long death. I am a fool, who shortened the lives of so many! Was I created for the purpose of being a benefactor? I should have given them eternal life: and then I could have seen them dying eternally. I had such good eyes for that: qualis spectator pereo!" When he seemed once more to regain his powers after a long death-struggle, it was considered advisable to smother him with pillows, - he died a double death.”
― The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs
― The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs
“I kept secrets from you. I let you believe a lie. I am an impious son. But I made my choice, as C(aesar) did, and once the Rubicon is crossed, there can be no turning back (Meto, Caesar's scribe, to his father Gordianus the Finder)”
― Rubicon
― Rubicon
