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SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
Mary Beard
4.05 average rating, · 85.7k ratings
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Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
Tom Holland
4.23 average rating, · 29.1k ratings
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The First Man in Rome
Colleen McCullough
4.14 average rating, · 24.8k ratings
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The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
Mike Duncan
4.24 average rating, · 16.6k ratings
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The Grass Crown
Colleen McCullough
4.33 average rating, · 13.5k ratings
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Edward Gibbon
4.02 average rating, · 15.7k ratings
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Circo Máximo: La ira de Trajano
Santiago Posteguillo
4.64 average rating, · 7.5k ratings
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Fortune's Favorites
Colleen McCullough
4.40 average rating, · 8.9k ratings
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Empress of the Seven Hills
Kate Quinn
4.18 average rating, · 9.2k ratings
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La legión perdida: El sueño de Trajano
Santiago Posteguillo
4.64 average rating, · 6.3k ratings
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Caesar's Women
Colleen McCullough
4.29 average rating, · 7.9k ratings
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Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar
Tom Holland
4.17 average rating, · 7.7k ratings
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The October Horse
Colleen McCullough
4.34 average rating, · 6.7k ratings
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Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
Mary Beard
4.08 average rating, · 7.8k ratings
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The Sands of Ammon
Valerio Massimo Manfredi
4.15 average rating, · 7.5k ratings
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Alexander the Great
Philip Freeman
4.33 average rating, · 6.3k ratings
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The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt
Toby Wilkinson
4.13 average rating, · 7k ratings
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The Gates of Athens
Conn Iggulden
4.26 average rating, · 6.3k ratings
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The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome
Susan Wise Bauer
4.11 average rating, · 6.8k ratings
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The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World
Catherine Nixey
4.06 average rating, · 6.9k ratings
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A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome
Emma Southon
4.07 average rating, · 6.8k ratings
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Ancient Times: From the Earliest Nomads to the Last Roman Emperor
Susan Wise Bauer
4.29 average rating, · 5.8k ratings
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The Ends of the Earth
Valerio Massimo Manfredi
4.16 average rating, · 6.4k ratings
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The Virtues of War
Steven Pressfield
4.03 average rating, · 6.7k ratings
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