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SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome (Paperback)
by (shelved 84 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.06 — 82,265 ratings — published 2015
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
by (shelved 53 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.24 — 73,414 ratings — published 1934
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.23 — 27,687 ratings — published 2003
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 47 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.57 — 3,590,092 ratings — published 2023
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
by (shelved 47 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.63 — 3,229,245 ratings — published 2016
Meditations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.28 — 353,242 ratings — published 180
Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass, #7)
by (shelved 40 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.71 — 1,105,298 ratings — published 2018
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.02 — 15,528 ratings — published 1776
Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 36 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.17 — 7,228 ratings — published 2015
The Twelve Caesars (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.03 — 22,920 ratings — published 121
The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.25 — 15,963 ratings — published 2017
The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.16 — 4,365 ratings — published 2005
Memoirs of Hadrian (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.22 — 36,270 ratings — published 1951
How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.02 — 3,223 ratings — published 2009
Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, #5)
by (shelved 28 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.63 — 1,248,026 ratings — published 2016
A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3)
by (shelved 27 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.46 — 2,727,891 ratings — published 2017
Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4)
by (shelved 26 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.62 — 1,423,783 ratings — published 2015
A Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #4)
by (shelved 24 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,104,640 ratings — published 2021
Binding 13 (Boys of Tommen, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.45 — 584,302 ratings — published 2018
Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,160,723 ratings — published 2015
Caesar: Life of a Colossus (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.24 — 13,294 ratings — published 2006
Imperium (Cicero, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.14 — 41,422 ratings — published 2006
The Eagle of the Ninth (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 3.94 — 12,109 ratings — published 1954
Pompeii (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 3.88 — 53,929 ratings — published 2003
Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3)
by (shelved 22 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,582,463 ratings — published 2014
Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.08 — 7,239 ratings — published 2023
Augustus (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.26 — 20,271 ratings — published 1972
Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)
by (shelved 20 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,630,863 ratings — published 2023
Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 3.95 — 8,349 ratings — published 2006
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.19 — 2,439,707 ratings — published 2012
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 19 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.57 — 774,235 ratings — published 2016
The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #2)
by (shelved 19 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.49 — 488,017 ratings — published 2022
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume I (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.17 — 3,500 ratings — published 1776
The Fall of Rome and the End of Civilization (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.00 — 2,135 ratings — published 2005
Keeping 13 (Boys of Tommen, #2)
by (shelved 18 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.52 — 446,794 ratings — published 2018
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,011,604 ratings — published 2011
The Punic Wars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,532 ratings — published 2000
Under the Eagle (Eagles of the Empire, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.11 — 16,268 ratings — published 2000
Cleopatra: A Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 3.73 — 123,469 ratings — published 2010
The Gates of Rome (Emperor, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.20 — 30,844 ratings — published 2003
Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina (Claudius, #2)
by (shelved 18 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.20 — 16,801 ratings — published 1934
Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3)
by (shelved 17 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,692,565 ratings — published 2025
Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.19 — 3,973 ratings — published 2023
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.15 — 4,254,240 ratings — published 2015
Julian (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.23 — 8,208 ratings — published 1964
The First Man in Rome (Masters of Rome, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.14 — 24,464 ratings — published 1990
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,962,373 ratings — published 2008
Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.16 — 961,232 ratings — published 2023
Augustus: First Emperor of Rome (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 4.28 — 5,074 ratings — published 2014
Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as roman-empire)
avg rating 3.94 — 894,938 ratings — published 2021
“Blood & Sand by Stewart Stafford
Enduring to be burned, bound, beaten,
And to die by the sword if necessary;
Verus and Priscus entered the arena,
To stain Colosseum sand with blood.
Emperor Titus drained Nero's lake,
Built the vast Flavian Amphitheatre,
Panacea to the idle citizens of Rome,
Symbol of his beneficence and might.
Priscus, far from his Germanian home,
Fighting within a symbol of Rome's power,
Which ravaged his life and fatherland,
For them to decide if he is free or dies.
Verus, the hulking, bullish Murmillo;
Trained to deliver heavy punishment,
Priscus - lightly-armed, agile Thracian;
Primed to avoid his rival's huge blows.
Titus showed he was Nero's antithesis;
No hoarding of tracts of primo Roma,
In a profligate orgy of narcissistic pride,
Nor taking his own life to escape execution.
Domitian, the brother of Titus, watched in envy,
The emperor-in-waiting who favoured Verus,
And the direct Murmillo style of fighting,
Titus favoured Thracian counter-punching.
Aware of the patriarchal fraternity's preferences,
The gathering looked on in fascinated awe,
As their champions of champions clashed,
Deciding who was the greatest gladiator of all.
Titus had stated there would be no draw;
One would win, and one would perish,
A rudis freedom staff the survivor's trophy,
Out the Porta Sanavivaria - the Gate of Life.
One well aware of the other, combat began,
Scared eyes locked behind helmeted grilles,
Grunts and sweat behind shield and steel,
Roars and gasps of the clustered chorus.
For hour after hour, they attacked and feinted,
Using all their power, skill and technique,
Nothing could keep them from a stalemate;
The warriors watered and slightly rested.
The search for the coup de grâce went on,
Until both men fell, in dusty exhaustion,
Each raised a finger, in joint submission,
Equals on death's stage yielded in unison.
Titus faced a dilemma; mercy or consistency?
Please the crowd, but make them aware,
Of his Damoclean life-and-death sword,
Over every Roman and slave in the empire.
Titus cleaved the Rudis into a dual solution;
Unable to beat the other, both won and lived,
Limping, scarred heroes of baying masses,
None had ever seen a myth form before them.
It was Romulus fighting Remus in extremis,
Herculean labours of a sticky, lethal afternoon,
In the end, nothing could separate these brothers;
Victors united as Castor and Pollux in Gemini.
For life and limb on Rome's vast stage,
Symbiotic compensation of adulation's rage.
Stewart Stafford, 2023. All rights reserved”
―
Enduring to be burned, bound, beaten,
And to die by the sword if necessary;
Verus and Priscus entered the arena,
To stain Colosseum sand with blood.
Emperor Titus drained Nero's lake,
Built the vast Flavian Amphitheatre,
Panacea to the idle citizens of Rome,
Symbol of his beneficence and might.
Priscus, far from his Germanian home,
Fighting within a symbol of Rome's power,
Which ravaged his life and fatherland,
For them to decide if he is free or dies.
Verus, the hulking, bullish Murmillo;
Trained to deliver heavy punishment,
Priscus - lightly-armed, agile Thracian;
Primed to avoid his rival's huge blows.
Titus showed he was Nero's antithesis;
No hoarding of tracts of primo Roma,
In a profligate orgy of narcissistic pride,
Nor taking his own life to escape execution.
Domitian, the brother of Titus, watched in envy,
The emperor-in-waiting who favoured Verus,
And the direct Murmillo style of fighting,
Titus favoured Thracian counter-punching.
Aware of the patriarchal fraternity's preferences,
The gathering looked on in fascinated awe,
As their champions of champions clashed,
Deciding who was the greatest gladiator of all.
Titus had stated there would be no draw;
One would win, and one would perish,
A rudis freedom staff the survivor's trophy,
Out the Porta Sanavivaria - the Gate of Life.
One well aware of the other, combat began,
Scared eyes locked behind helmeted grilles,
Grunts and sweat behind shield and steel,
Roars and gasps of the clustered chorus.
For hour after hour, they attacked and feinted,
Using all their power, skill and technique,
Nothing could keep them from a stalemate;
The warriors watered and slightly rested.
The search for the coup de grâce went on,
Until both men fell, in dusty exhaustion,
Each raised a finger, in joint submission,
Equals on death's stage yielded in unison.
Titus faced a dilemma; mercy or consistency?
Please the crowd, but make them aware,
Of his Damoclean life-and-death sword,
Over every Roman and slave in the empire.
Titus cleaved the Rudis into a dual solution;
Unable to beat the other, both won and lived,
Limping, scarred heroes of baying masses,
None had ever seen a myth form before them.
It was Romulus fighting Remus in extremis,
Herculean labours of a sticky, lethal afternoon,
In the end, nothing could separate these brothers;
Victors united as Castor and Pollux in Gemini.
For life and limb on Rome's vast stage,
Symbiotic compensation of adulation's rage.
Stewart Stafford, 2023. All rights reserved”
―
“Even those who lack tombs are covered by the sky.”
― Civil War
― Civil War
