1st Century
Day of the Caesars
Day of the Caesars is the latest novel in Simon Scarrow’s long-running Eagles of the Empire series, set in the…
Onslaught
This is the second volume of Riches’ new series, The Centurions, following his successful Empire series comprising nine novels. In…
Blood Forest
Minden, Germania. 9 AD. Found by the 17th Legion naked and covered in sacrificial blood, he has no name. He…
Rome’s Sacred Flame
Rome, AD 63. Vespasian has been made Governor of Africa. However, this is no reward for faithful service by an…
The Fortune Teller
This time-traveling novel rests on an intriguing premise. An ancient Egyptian manuscript, which tells the story of a missing deck…
The Roman Quests: Death in the Arena
95 A.D. Ursula, Juba and Fronto, who fled Rome and arrest by the tyrannical Emperor Domitian and sought sanctuary in…
Glory of Rome
Editors' choice
AD 77. Gaius Valerius Verrens is an honoured member of Emperor Vespasian’s inner circle, but this is no bar to…
Pilate’s Daughter
Claudia Lucretia Pilate, the fictional daughter of the historically accurate governor Pontius Pilate, is not happy with her father’s choice…
Otho’s Regret
This is the third in a tetralogy set in the Year of the Four Emperors, 69 AD, and follows on…
The Third Nero
September, AD 89. Rome is in turmoil. Emperor Domitian is on the throne and becoming more and more paranoid. Rumours…
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