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I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
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The First Man in Rome (Masters of Rome, #1)
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Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina (Claudius, #2)
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The Twelve Caesars
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Pompeii
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Imperium (Cicero, #1)
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The Aeneid
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The Grass Crown (Masters of Rome, #2)
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Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
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Fortune's Favorites (Masters of Rome, #3)
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Caesar (Masters of Rome, #5)
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Caesar's Women (Masters of Rome, #4)
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The Silver Pigs (Marcus Didius Falco, #1)
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Memoirs of Hadrian
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Roma (Roma, #1)
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Julius Caesar
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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Roman Blood (Roma Sub Rosa, #1)
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Quo Vadis
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Lustrum (Cicero, #2)
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The October Horse (Masters of Rome #6)
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Meditations
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Julian
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Mistress of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #1)
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4.02 avg rating — 29,799 ratings
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Medicus (Gaius Petreius Ruso, #1)
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Ruth Downie (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 9,431 ratings
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Antony and Cleopatra (Masters of Rome, #7)
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SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
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Augustus
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Antony and Cleopatra
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The Agricola and The Germania
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
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4.03 avg rating — 37,460 ratings
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The Gates of Rome (Emperor, #1)
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Shadows in Bronze (Marcus Didius Falco, #2)
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The Eagle of the Ninth
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Caesar: Life of a Colossus
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Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor
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Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
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The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome
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The Conquest of Gaul
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Venus in Copper (Marcus Didius Falco, #3)
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The Fall of the Roman Republic
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Catilina's Riddle (Roma Sub Rosa, #3)
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The Robe
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The Annals of Imperial Rome
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Arms of Nemesis (Roma Sub Rosa, #2)
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The Iron Hand of Mars (Marcus Didius Falco, #4)
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The Satyricon
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The Course of Honor
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Letters from a Stoic
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Cleopatra's Daughter
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4.12 avg rating — 30,607 ratings
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The Venus Throw (Roma Sub Rosa, #4)
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Under the Eagle (Eagles of the Empire, #1)
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Selected Political Speeches
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Eagle in the Snow
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Empire (Roma, #2)
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The History of Rome, Books 21-30: The War with Hannibal
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Lavinia
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Cleopatra: A Life
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Africanus: El hijo del cónsul (Publio Cornelio Escipión, #1)
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The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians
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The Death of Kings (Emperor, #2)
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Lives of the Noble Romans
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The Civil War
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The Gallic War and Other Writings
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3.96 avg rating — 354 ratings
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The Only Good Roman Returns
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Christine Elaine Black (Goodreads Author)
4.66 avg rating — 61 ratings
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A Murder on the Appian Way (Roma Sub Rosa, #5)
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Germania
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Coriolanus
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Daughters of Rome (The Empress of Rome, #2)
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Kate Quinn (Goodreads Author)
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A Voice in the Wind (Mark of the Lion, #1)
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The Letters of the Younger Pliny
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Metamorphoses
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The Ides of March
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The Field of Swords (Emperor, #3)
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I Am Livia
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Las legiones malditas (Publio Cornelio Escipión, #2)
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Rubicon (Roma Sub Rosa, #7)
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Empress of the Seven Hills (The Empress of Rome, #3)
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Kate Quinn (Goodreads Author)
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Selected Works
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How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower
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The Histories
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See Delphi and Die (Marcus Didius Falco, #17)
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The House of the Vestals (Roma Sub Rosa, #6)
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The King's Gambit (SPQR, #1)
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A Mist of Prophecies (Roma Sub Rosa, #9)
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Titus Andronicus
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Terra Incognita (Gaius Petreius Ruso, #2)
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The Gods of War (Emperor, #4)
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The Judgment of Caesar (Roma Sub Rosa, #10)
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The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found
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Last Seen in Massilia (Roma Sub Rosa, #8)
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The Only Good Roman
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The Dream of Scipio
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Count Belisarius
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La traición de Roma (Publio Cornelio Escipión, #3)
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History of Rome
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The Last Days of Pompeii
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The Roman
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The Golden Ass
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The Eagle's Conquest (Eagles of the Empire #2)
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I came here searching for a book a read a long time ago and can't remember the title of - I wonder if anyone can help? It was a historical fiction set in Ancient Rome about a female healer. The detail that really stuck with me was her discovery of aspirin. thanks!
Not familiar with that one, Bridget - you could ask at the group "What's the Name of this Book?"
Thanks! Will do - if I find it and reread - and find it worthy - I'll be back :)
Pressfield's Gates of Fire is about Greece, not Rome.
Removed: three books that were spammed by the author's author friends.
Some author spam creeping in. Ones by Francis Hagan and ChristineElain Black at position 211, for example.
It would be nice to be able to search books from a list... if you can somehow, I certanly have not discovered how! Added --> SPQR from Mary Beard
That was on there (I know because I voted for it), but searching for a title on multiple pages is a pain, isn't it?
Totally! some lists have more tan 17000 titles!!
Yeah, and the long lists in particular can be hit by the "can't combine duplicates" bug, which is extra annoying.
Polibius is missing. He is mine first ancient author so I have special connection to his works although second part is mostly in fragments. Very bad.
Then I hope you've added him.You add books at the top of the list, at the tab next to "All books."
Memoirs of a Geisha is not set in Ancient Rome.
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