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Modern Fiction Set in Ancient Rome
 
Modern Fiction Set in Ancient Rome
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==Colleen McCullough ("Masters of Rome")==
 
==Colleen McCullough ("Masters of Rome")==
  
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; The First Man in Rome : (Colleen McCullough / Paperback / Published 1991 / ISBN 0380710811 ). Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0671726285 ).
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All by Colleen McCullough and in paperback, unless otherwise noted.
  
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; The Grass Crown : (Colleen McCullough / Paperback / Published 1992 / ISBN 038071082X ). Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0671731513 ).
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{{Bookinfo
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|title=The First Man in Rome
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|author=Colleen McCullough
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|date=1991
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|ISBN=0380710811
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|comment=Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0671726285 ).
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}}
  
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; Fortune's Favorites : (Colleen McCullough / Paperback / Published 1994 / ISBN 0380710838 ). Also available as an audiobook(ISBN 0671731521 ).
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{{Bookinfo
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|title=The Grass Crown
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|author=Colleen McCullough
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|date=1992
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|ISBN=038071082X
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|comment=Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0671731513 ).
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}}
  
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; Caesar's Women : (Colleen McCullough / Paperback / Published 1997 / ISBN 0380710846 ). Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0671731548 ).
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{{Bookinfo
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|title=Fortune's Favorites
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|author=Colleen McCullough
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|date=1994
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|ISBN=0380710838
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|comment=Also available as an audiobook(ISBN 0671731521 ).
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}}
  
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; <nowiki>Caesar: A Novel</nowiki> : (Colleen McCullough / Hardcover / Published 1997 / ISBN 0688093728 ). Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 067173153X ).
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{{Bookinfo
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|title=Caesar's Women
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|author=Colleen McCullough
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|date=1997  
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|ISBN=0380710846
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|comment=Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0671731548 ).
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}}
  
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==Steven Saylor ("Gordianus The Finder" mysteries)==
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{{Bookinfo
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|title=Caesar: A Novel
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|author=Colleen McCullough
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|date=1997
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|ISBN=0060510854
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|comment=Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 067173153X ).
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}}
  
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; The Arms of Nemesis : (Steven Saylor / Paperback / Published 1995 / ISBN 0804111278 ). Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0786111291 ). Marcus Crassus' estate overseer has been murdered, and 99 slaves' lives are forfeit unless Gordianus can unravel the mystery.
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{{Bookinfo
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|title=The October Horse
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|author=Colleen McCullough
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|date=2002
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|ISBN=0684853310
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|comment=Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0743528182 ).
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}}
  
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; Catalina's Riddle : (Steven Saylor / Paperback / Published 1994 / ISBN 080411269X ). Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0786111771 ). Gordianus flees the hubbub of Rome for the Etruscan countryside, but finds he can't stay away from political intrigues.
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==Steven Saylor ("Gordianus The Finder" mysteries)==
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{{Bookinfo
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|title=The Arms of Nemesis
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|author=Steven Saylor
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|date=1995
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|ISBN=0804111278
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|comment=Paperback. Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0786111291 ). Marcus Crassus' estate overseer has been murdered, and 99 slaves' lives are forfeit unless Gordianus can unravel the mystery.
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}}
  
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; House of the Vestals : (Steven Saylor / Hardcover / Published 1997 / ISBN 0312154445 ). Also available in paperback (ISBN 0312964528 ). Short stories about some of Gordianus' early adventures. Also includes a historical note about the time period between the end of Sulla's dictatorship and the Spartacus slave revolt.
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{{Bookinfo
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|title=Catalina's Riddle
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|author=Steven Saylor
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|date=1994
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|ISBN=080411269X
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|comment=Paperback. Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0786111771 ). Gordianus flees the hubbub of Rome for the Etruscan countryside, but finds he can't stay away from political intrigues.
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}}
  
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; A Murder on the Appian Way : (Steven Saylor / Hardcover / Published 1996 / ISBN 031214377X ). Also available in paperback (ISBN 0312961731 ). This time, Gordianus gets mixed up in the murder of Publius Clodius. The fictional detective's investigations foreshadow the real events to come with the fall of the Republic.
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{{Bookinfo
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|title=House of the Vestals
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|author=Steven Saylor
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|date=1997
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|ISBN=0312154445
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|comment=Hardcover. Also available in paperback (ISBN 0312964528 ). Short stories about some of Gordianus' early adventures. Also includes a historical note about the time period between the end of Sulla's dictatorship and the Spartacus slave revolt.
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}}
  
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; Roman Blood : (Steven Saylor / Paperback / Published 1994 / ISBN 0804110395 ). Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0786110589 ). Gordianus helps Cicero investigate for the defense of Sextus Roscius (Cicero's first big case).
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{{Bookinfo
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|title=A Murder on the Appian Way
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|author=Steven Saylor
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|date=1996
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|ISBN=031214377X
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|comment=Hardcover. Also available in paperback (ISBN 0312961731 ). This time, Gordianus gets mixed up in the murder of Publius Clodius. The fictional detective's investigations foreshadow the real events to come with the fall of the Republic.
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}}
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; : (Steven Saylor /  
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{{Bookinfo
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|title=Roman Blood
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|author=Steven Saylor
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|date=1994  
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|ISBN=0804110395  
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|comment=Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0786110589 ). Gordianus helps Cicero investigate for the defense of Sextus Roscius (Cicero's first big case).
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}}
  
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; The Venus Throw : (Steven Saylor / Paperback / Published 1994 / ISBN 0312957785 ). An Egyptian ambassador to Rome comes to Gordianus for help, plunging him into a tale of international intrigue and debauchery.
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{{Bookinfo
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|title=The Venus Throw
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|author=Steven Saylor
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|date=1994  
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|ISBN=0312957785  
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|comment=An Egyptian ambassador to Rome comes to Gordianus for help, plunging him into a tale of international intrigue and debauchery.
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}}
  
 
==Lindsey Davis (Marcus Didius Falco mysteries)==
 
==Lindsey Davis (Marcus Didius Falco mysteries)==
  
 
All by Lindsey Davis and in paperback, unless otherwise noted.
 
All by Lindsey Davis and in paperback, unless otherwise noted.
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{{Bookinfo
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|title=The Silver Pigs
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|author=Lindsey Davis
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|date=1989
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|ISBN=0345369076
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|comment=Marcus Didius Falco runs into a beautiful woman in the Forum and helps her track down missing silver ingots in this first novel. Introduces Falco's family and his lady friend, Helena Justina.
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}}
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{{Bookinfo
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|title=Shadows in Bronze
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|author=Lindsey Davis
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|date=1990
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|ISBN=0345373901
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|comment=Falco wants to marry Justina, but finds himself too poor — until the Emperor Vespasian has a little job of spying he wants done ...
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}}
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{{Bookinfo
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|title=Venus in Copper
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|author=Lindsey Davis
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|date=1991
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|ISBN=0345373901
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|comment=Roman real-estate mogul Hortensius Novus is poisoned at a banquet, and his creepy fiancee, Severina Zotica, wants Falco to investigate.
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}}
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{{Bookinfo
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|title=The Iron Hand of Mars
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|author=Lindsey Davis
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|date=1992
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|ISBN=034538024X
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|comment=Falco goes undercover in Germania to enlist a Druid priestess' aid in finding a missing Roman general.
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}}
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{{Bookinfo
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|title=Poseidon's Gold
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|author=Lindsey Davis
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|date=1992
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|ISBN=0345380258
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|comment=Falco makes it back to Rome only to find himself a suspect in his brother's death.
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}}
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{{Bookinfo
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|title=Last Act in Palmyra
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|author=Lindsey Davis
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|date=1997
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|ISBN=0446404748
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|comment=Falco and Helena travel to Petra on a spy mission, only to find themselves mixed up with circus performers and a murder.
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}}
  
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; The Silver Pigs : (Published 1989/ISBN 0345369076) Marcus Didius Falco runs into a beautiful woman in the Forum and helps her track down missing silver ingots in this first novel. Introduces Falco's family and his lady friend, Helena Justina.
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{{Bookinfo
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|title=Time to Depart
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|author=Lindsey Davis
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|date=1998
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|ISBN=0446605913
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|comment=After a notorious criminal is banished from Rome, Falco and his staunchly upright friend Petronius join forces to stem a crime wave.
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}}
  
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; Shadows in Bronze : (Published 1990/ISBN 0345373901) Falco wants to marry Justina, but finds himself too poor — until the Emperor Vespasian has a little job of spying he wants done ...
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{{Bookinfo
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|title=A Dying Light in Corduba
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|author=Lindsey Davis
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|date=1996
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|ISBN=0446606804
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|comment=Two Imperial spies are attacked, and one killed, after the olive oil barons' banquet. Falco must juggle a mystery with his own impending fatherhood.
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}}
  
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; Venus in Copper : (Published 1991/ISBN 0345373901) Roman real-estate mogul Hortensius Novus is poisoned at a banquet, and his creepy fiancee, Severina Zotica, wants Falco to investigate.
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==alternate Roman history by Kirk Mitchell==
  
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; The Iron Hand of Mars : (Published 1992/ISBN 034538024X) Falco goes undercover in Germania to enlist a Druid priestess' aid in finding a missing Roman general.
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{{Bookinfo
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|title=Procurator
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|author=Kirk Mitchell
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|date=1984
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|ISBN=0441680291
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|comment=Alternate-history sf novel, a first novel.
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}}
  
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; Poseidon's Gold : (Published 1992/ISBN 0345380258) Falco makes it back to Rome only to find himself a suspect in his brother's death.
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{{Bookinfo
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|title=The New Barbarians
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|author=Kirk Mitchell
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|date=1986
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|ISBN=0441571018
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|comment=Alternate-world sf novel of high-tech Romans vs. Aztecs, sequel to Procurator.
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}}
  
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; Last Act in Palmyra : (Published 1997/ISBN 0446404748) Falco and Helena travel to Petra on a spy mission, only to find themselves mixed up with circus performers and a murder.
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{{Bookinfo
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|title=Cry Republic
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|author=Kirk Mitchell
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|date=1989
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|ISBN=0441123899
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|comment=Alternate history sf novel. Political intrigue in a 20th-century Roman empire. Third in a series.
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}}
  
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; Time to Depart : (Published 1998/ISBN 0446605913) After a notorious criminal is banished from Rome, Falco and his staunchly upright friend Petronius join forces to stem a crime wave.
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== Simon Scarrow (The eagle novels) ==
  
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; A Dying Light in Corduba : (Published 1996/ISBN 0446606804) Two Imperial spies are attacked, and one killed, after the olive oil barons' banquet. Falco must juggle a mystery with his own impending fatherhood.
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{{Bookinfo
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|title=Under the Eagle
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|author=Simon Scarrow
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|date=2002
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|ISBN=0312304242
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|comment=A Tale of Military Adventure and Reckless Heroism with the Roman Legions
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}}

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Modern Fiction Set in Ancient Rome

Contents

Colleen McCullough ("Masters of Rome")

All by Colleen McCullough and in paperback, unless otherwise noted.

The First Man in Rome

0380710811.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg
Colleen McCullough. (1991). ISBN 0380710811
Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0671726285 ).
Buy from Amazon: Canada UK USA

The Grass Crown

038071082X.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg
Colleen McCullough. (1992). ISBN 038071082X
Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0671731513 ).
Buy from Amazon: Canada UK USA

Fortune's Favorites

0380710838.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg
Colleen McCullough. (1994). ISBN 0380710838
Also available as an audiobook(ISBN 0671731521 ).
Buy from Amazon: Canada UK USA

Caesar's Women

0380710846.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg
Colleen McCullough. (1997). ISBN 0380710846
Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0671731548 ).
Buy from Amazon: Canada UK USA

Caesar: A Novel

0060510854.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg
Colleen McCullough. (1997). ISBN 0060510854
Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 067173153X ).
Buy from Amazon: Canada UK USA

The October Horse

0684853310.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg
Colleen McCullough. (2002). ISBN 0684853310
Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0743528182 ).
Buy from Amazon: Canada UK USA

Steven Saylor ("Gordianus The Finder" mysteries)

The Arms of Nemesis

0804111278.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg
Steven Saylor. (1995). ISBN 0804111278
Paperback. Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0786111291 ). Marcus Crassus' estate overseer has been murdered, and 99 slaves' lives are forfeit unless Gordianus can unravel the mystery.
Buy from Amazon: Canada UK USA

Catalina's Riddle

080411269X.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg
Steven Saylor. (1994). ISBN 080411269X
Paperback. Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0786111771 ). Gordianus flees the hubbub of Rome for the Etruscan countryside, but finds he can't stay away from political intrigues.
Buy from Amazon: Canada UK USA

House of the Vestals

0312154445.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg
Steven Saylor. (1997). ISBN 0312154445
Hardcover. Also available in paperback (ISBN 0312964528 ). Short stories about some of Gordianus' early adventures. Also includes a historical note about the time period between the end of Sulla's dictatorship and the Spartacus slave revolt.
Buy from Amazon: Canada UK USA

A Murder on the Appian Way

031214377X.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg
Steven Saylor. (1996). ISBN 031214377X
Hardcover. Also available in paperback (ISBN 0312961731 ). This time, Gordianus gets mixed up in the murder of Publius Clodius. The fictional detective's investigations foreshadow the real events to come with the fall of the Republic.
Buy from Amazon: Canada UK USA
 
(Steven Saylor /

Roman Blood

0804110395.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg
Steven Saylor. (1994). ISBN 0804110395
Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0786110589 ). Gordianus helps Cicero investigate for the defense of Sextus Roscius (Cicero's first big case).
Buy from Amazon: Canada UK USA

The Venus Throw

0312957785.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg
Steven Saylor. (1994). ISBN 0312957785
An Egyptian ambassador to Rome comes to Gordianus for help, plunging him into a tale of international intrigue and debauchery.
Buy from Amazon: Canada UK USA

Lindsey Davis (Marcus Didius Falco mysteries)

All by Lindsey Davis and in paperback, unless otherwise noted.

The Silver Pigs

0345369076.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg
Lindsey Davis. (1989). ISBN 0345369076
Marcus Didius Falco runs into a beautiful woman in the Forum and helps her track down missing silver ingots in this first novel. Introduces Falco's family and his lady friend, Helena Justina.
Buy from Amazon: Canada UK USA

Shadows in Bronze

0345373901.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg
Lindsey Davis. (1990). ISBN 0345373901
Falco wants to marry Justina, but finds himself too poor — until the Emperor Vespasian has a little job of spying he wants done ...
Buy from Amazon: Canada UK USA

Venus in Copper

0345373901.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg
Lindsey Davis. (1991). ISBN 0345373901
Roman real-estate mogul Hortensius Novus is poisoned at a banquet, and his creepy fiancee, Severina Zotica, wants Falco to investigate.
Buy from Amazon: Canada UK USA

The Iron Hand of Mars

034538024X.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg
Lindsey Davis. (1992). ISBN 034538024X
Falco goes undercover in Germania to enlist a Druid priestess' aid in finding a missing Roman general.
Buy from Amazon: Canada UK USA

Poseidon's Gold

0345380258.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg
Lindsey Davis. (1992). ISBN 0345380258
Falco makes it back to Rome only to find himself a suspect in his brother's death.
Buy from Amazon: Canada UK USA

Last Act in Palmyra

0446404748.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg
Lindsey Davis. (1997). ISBN 0446404748
Falco and Helena travel to Petra on a spy mission, only to find themselves mixed up with circus performers and a murder.
Buy from Amazon: Canada UK USA

Time to Depart

0446605913.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg
Lindsey Davis. (1998). ISBN 0446605913
After a notorious criminal is banished from Rome, Falco and his staunchly upright friend Petronius join forces to stem a crime wave.
Buy from Amazon: Canada UK USA

A Dying Light in Corduba

0446606804.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg
Lindsey Davis. (1996). ISBN 0446606804
Two Imperial spies are attacked, and one killed, after the olive oil barons' banquet. Falco must juggle a mystery with his own impending fatherhood.
Buy from Amazon: Canada UK USA

alternate Roman history by Kirk Mitchell

Procurator

0441680291.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg
Kirk Mitchell. (1984). ISBN 0441680291
Alternate-history sf novel, a first novel.
Buy from Amazon: Canada UK USA

The New Barbarians

0441571018.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg
Kirk Mitchell. (1986). ISBN 0441571018
Alternate-world sf novel of high-tech Romans vs. Aztecs, sequel to Procurator.
Buy from Amazon: Canada UK USA

Cry Republic

0441123899.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg
Kirk Mitchell. (1989). ISBN 0441123899
Alternate history sf novel. Political intrigue in a 20th-century Roman empire. Third in a series.
Buy from Amazon: Canada UK USA

Simon Scarrow (The eagle novels)

Under the Eagle

0312304242.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg
Simon Scarrow. (2002). ISBN 0312304242
A Tale of Military Adventure and Reckless Heroism with the Roman Legions
Buy from Amazon: Canada UK USA
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