Ancient Rome

Roman civilization from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.

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The First Man in Rome by Colleen McCullough

Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina by Robert Graves

Best Books About Ancient Rome

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How to Think Like a Roman Emperor by Donald J. Robertson

Busts

23 books — 12 voters

Caligula, zoon van Germanicus by Gerhard Jean Daniel Aalders

Fiction & Non-Fiction: Caligula

16 books — 3 voters

Greek/Roman Columns on Covers

40 books — 17 voters

Fiction & Non-fiction: Gladiatrix

17 books — 2 voters

The Only Good Roman by Christine Elaine Black

Ancient Rome - The Best And The Rest

184 books — 139 voters

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“ 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! ”
― Virgil, The Aeneid

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“ Hannibal under the double blow of so great a public and personal distress exclaimed: 'Now, at last, I see the destiny of Carthage plain! ...more ”
― Titus Livy, The History of Rome, Books 21-30: The War with Hannibal

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