Ancient Rome
The Sword and the Throne
The Sword and the Throne continues the memoir begun in The Last Caesar (HNR 61) of Aulus Caecina Severus, an…
Hannibal: Fields of Blood
Fields of Blood begins its tale in 216 BC, a particularly violent time in history when Rome and Carthage vied…
Death in the Ashes
Four years after witnessing the horrors of Vesuvius and Pompeii and the death of his uncle, Pliny the Younger still…
Colossus: Stone & Steel
This is the first of a planned series of four novels set at the time of the first Jewish-Roman war.…
Last of the Ninth
In Bennett’s gripping, fast-paced novel, Decimus Malorix, a Sarmatian member of the Frumentarii, ancient Rome’s “secret police” (a formidable character…
Spartacus
We’ve probably all heard of the legend of Spartacus, the courageous slave who stood up to the might of the…
The Twelve Caesars
Literally thousands of books have been written about the various Caesars who reigned over the Roman Empire. From Gaius Julius…
The Ides of April
As a fan of the Marcus Didius Falco series, I jumped at the opportunity to review this first installment in…
The Blood of Gods: A Novel of Rome
The fifth novel in Conn Iggulden’s Emperor series opens with the bloody assassination of Julius Caesar by “the Liberatores, who…
Across the Waters of Time: Pliny Remembered
The long and incredibly varied life of Pliny the Elder forms the subject of Parejko’s fantastic book, taking readers on…
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