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SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome (Paperback)
by (shelved 307 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.05 — 89,082 ratings — published 2015
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
by (shelved 225 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.24 — 75,934 ratings — published 1934
The Aeneid (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 189 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.88 — 150,017 ratings — published -19
The Twelve Caesars (Paperback)
by (shelved 187 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.03 — 23,760 ratings — published 121
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic (Paperback)
by (shelved 167 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.23 — 30,851 ratings — published 2003
Meditations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 161 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.27 — 387,913 ratings — published 180
Imperium (Cicero, #1)
by (shelved 137 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.14 — 44,531 ratings — published 2006
The First Man in Rome (Masters of Rome, #1)
by (shelved 119 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.14 — 25,080 ratings — published 1990
Pompeii (Paperback)
by (shelved 118 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.89 — 57,619 ratings — published 2003
Metamorphoses (Paperback)
by (shelved 108 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.10 — 81,541 ratings — published 8
Memoirs of Hadrian: And, Reflections on the Composition of Memoirs of Hadrian (FSG Classics)
by (shelved 100 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.21 — 38,962 ratings — published 1951
Caesar: Life of a Colossus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 99 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.25 — 14,033 ratings — published 2006
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Paperback)
by (shelved 98 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.02 — 15,864 ratings — published 1776
The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 97 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.24 — 17,013 ratings — published 2017
Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina (Claudius, #2)
by (shelved 92 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.19 — 17,479 ratings — published 1934
Augustus (Paperback)
by (shelved 92 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.26 — 23,024 ratings — published 1972
The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome (Paperback)
by (shelved 92 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.96 — 10,126 ratings — published -29
Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 91 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.17 — 8,019 ratings — published 2015
The Conquest of Gaul (Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.02 — 14,119 ratings — published -50
Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #1)
by (shelved 89 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.01 — 33,388 ratings — published 2010
The Silver Pigs (Marcus Didius Falco, #1)
by (shelved 87 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.89 — 16,119 ratings — published 1989
The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found (Hardcover)
by (shelved 83 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.10 — 5,769 ratings — published 2008
Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 78 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.95 — 8,533 ratings — published 2006
The Annals of Imperial Rome (Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.99 — 9,531 ratings — published 116
Conspirata (Cicero, #2)
by (shelved 76 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.26 — 23,690 ratings — published 2009
Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.91 — 8,602 ratings — published 2001
Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 74 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.08 — 8,288 ratings — published 2023
Augustus: First Emperor of Rome (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.29 — 5,540 ratings — published 2014
Caesar's Women (Masters of Rome, #4)
by (shelved 67 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.29 — 7,960 ratings — published 1996
Roman Blood (Roma Sub Rosa, #1)
by (shelved 65 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.95 — 9,642 ratings — published 1991
The Grass Crown (Masters of Rome, #2)
by (shelved 64 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.33 — 13,687 ratings — published 1990
Roma (Roma, #1)
by (shelved 63 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.94 — 9,062 ratings — published 2007
Quo Vadis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.02 — 43,752 ratings — published 1896
Fortune's Favorites (Masters of Rome, #3)
by (shelved 62 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.40 — 8,986 ratings — published 1993
The Punic Wars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,753 ratings — published 2000
Medicus (Gaius Petreius Ruso, #1)
by (shelved 61 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.77 — 9,728 ratings — published 2006
Letters from a Stoic (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.31 — 62,495 ratings — published 64
The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.16 — 4,470 ratings — published 2005
Daughters of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #2)
by (shelved 60 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.96 — 13,757 ratings — published 2011
A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome (Hardcover)
by (shelved 58 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.06 — 7,141 ratings — published 2020
Cleopatra's Daughter (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.12 — 31,449 ratings — published 2009
Caesar (Masters of Rome, #5)
by (shelved 57 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.41 — 8,594 ratings — published 1997
The October Horse (Masters of Rome #6)
by (shelved 57 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.34 — 6,758 ratings — published 2002
Julius Caesar (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.72 — 227,362 ratings — published 1599
Antony and Cleopatra (Masters of Rome, #7)
by (shelved 56 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.06 — 6,438 ratings — published 2007
The Gates of Rome (Emperor, #1)
by (shelved 55 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.20 — 31,998 ratings — published 2003
Dictator (Cicero, #3)
by (shelved 54 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.42 — 19,749 ratings — published 2015
How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.02 — 3,354 ratings — published 2009
The Roman Revolution (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,065 ratings — published 1939
The Golden Ass (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as ancient-rome)
avg rating 3.85 — 18,096 ratings — published 175
“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
“But if my forces are not enough, I am hardly the one to relent, I’ll plead for the help I need, wherever it may be - if I cannot sway the heavens, I’ll wake the powers of hell!”
― The Aeneid
― The Aeneid
