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• The Ides of March

  Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975

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  Retells the tragedy of Julius Caesar through letters among the major players.

• I Am Rome

  a Novel of Julius Caesar

  Posteguillo, Santiago, 1967-

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  Rome, 77 B.C. Senator Dolabella, known for using violence against anyone who opposes him, is going on trial for corruption and has already hired the best lawyers and even bought the jury. No man dares accept the role of prosecutor - until an unknown…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Silver Pigs

  a Marcus Didius Falco Mystery

  Davis, Lindsey

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  It is A.D. 70, when Roman P.I. Marcus Didius Falco runs into comely Sosia Camillina on the steps of the Forum. It seems she's being chased by a few unsavories for a stockpile of silver pigs--silver ingots--but Falco wants more information. What he…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Pride of Carthage

  a Novel of Hannibal

  Durham, David Anthony, 1969-

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  A saga set against the backdrop of the ancient Punic Wars describes Hannibal's struggle against the Roman Republic, his decision to attack Rome via a land route deemed impossible, and the young Roman military leader who defeated him.

• The Wolf Den

  Harper, Elodie,

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  A slave and prostitute in Pompeii's notorious Wolf Den brothel, Amara, once the beloved daughter of a doctor in Greece, is buoyed by the sisterhood she forges with the other women and dreams of a new beginning--if she can pay the high price for her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cleopatra's Shadows

  a Novel

  Holleman, Emily,

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  Reimagines the beginnings of Cleopatra's epic saga through the eyes of her younger sister.

• Dreaming the Eagle

  Scott, Manda

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  Manda Scott plunges us into the unforgettable world of tribal Britain in the years before the Roman invasion: a world of druids and dreamers and the magic of the gods where the natural world is as much a character as any of the people who live…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sparrow

  Hynes, James,

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  In a brothel on the Spanish coast during the waning years of the Roman Empire, a young enslaved boy of unknown parentage is growing up. His world is a kitchen, then an herb-scented garden, followed by a loud and dangerous tavern, and finally, the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Coin for the Ferryman

  a Novel

  Edwards, Megan,

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  A time-travel experiment that transported Julius Caesar from his last Ides of March to a covert lab in Pasadena in the year 1999. The plan is for him to stay in the lab for four days and then return to Rome to meet his fate.

• A Gladiator's Oath

  Bird, Tanya, 1973-

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  Armed with the combat skills her half-brother taught her, nineteen-year-old Mila ignores the pleas of her family and takes to the arena as a gladiator to win her freedom. She is prepared to do whatever is necessary, prepared for anything-except…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hadrian's Wall

  a Novel

  Dietrich, William, 1951-

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  By 368 CE the Roman Empire has spread itself too thin and is beginning to fail. Hadrian's Wall marks the northern edge of the empire, and is home to an uneasy truce between the Romans and the Celts, until a Celtic chieftain abducts the daughter of a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cleopatra

  a Novel

  El-Arifi, Saara,

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  Cleopatra tells her story from the future, reflecting on her choices, relationships, and political moves, all juxtaposed against the context of history's selective facts and patriarchal misjudgment of her life.

• Sargassa

  Burnham, Sophie,

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  In a world where the Roman Empire never fell, Selah Kleios inherits the position the Imperial Historian along with two mysterious objects that threaten to shake the foundational legitimacy of Roma Sargassa's past, present, and future.

• Spartacus

  the Gladiator

  Kane, Ben

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  Against the background of the unbelievable brutality of gladiatorial life, Spartacus and Crixus the Gaul plan the audacious overthrow of their Roman masters. They escape and flee to Vesuvius, where they recruit and train an army of escaped slaves…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Emperor

  the Gods of War

  Iggulden, Conn

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  Set in 53 BCE, this book follows Julius Caesar through politics and passion, ruthless ambition and private grief, and into the corruption of power itself as his forces square off with those of Pompey, another ambitious Roman general.