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<div>{{Book reviews|topic=Fiction}}<br />
<br />
Modern Fiction Set in Ancient Rome<br />
__TOC__<br />
==Colleen McCullough ("Masters of Rome")==<br />
<br />
All by Colleen McCullough and in paperback, unless otherwise noted.<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=The First Man in Rome<br />
|author=Colleen McCullough<br />
|date=1991 <br />
|ISBN=0380710811<br />
|comment=Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0671726285 ).<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=The Grass Crown<br />
|author=Colleen McCullough<br />
|date=1992 <br />
|ISBN=038071082X<br />
|comment=Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0671731513 ).<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=Fortune's Favorites<br />
|author=Colleen McCullough<br />
|date=1994 <br />
|ISBN=0380710838 <br />
|comment=Also available as an audiobook(ISBN 0671731521 ).<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=Caesar's Women<br />
|author=Colleen McCullough<br />
|date=1997 <br />
|ISBN=0380710846<br />
|comment=Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0671731548 ).<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=Caesar: A Novel<br />
|author=Colleen McCullough<br />
|date=1997 <br />
|ISBN=0060510854<br />
|comment=Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 067173153X ).<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=The October Horse<br />
|author=Colleen McCullough<br />
|date=2002<br />
|ISBN=0684853310<br />
|comment=Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0743528182 ).<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Steven Saylor ("Gordianus The Finder" mysteries)==<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=The Arms of Nemesis<br />
|author=Steven Saylor<br />
|date=1995 <br />
|ISBN=0804111278 <br />
|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.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=Catalina's Riddle<br />
|author=Steven Saylor<br />
|date=1994 <br />
|ISBN=080411269X <br />
|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.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=House of the Vestals<br />
|author=Steven Saylor<br />
|date=1997 <br />
|ISBN=0312154445 <br />
|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.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=A Murder on the Appian Way<br />
|author=Steven Saylor<br />
|date=1996 <br />
|ISBN=031214377X <br />
|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.<br />
}}<br />
; : (Steven Saylor / <br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=Roman Blood<br />
|author=Steven Saylor<br />
|date=1994 <br />
|ISBN=0804110395 <br />
|comment=Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0786110589 ). Gordianus helps Cicero investigate for the defense of Sextus Roscius (Cicero's first big case).<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=The Venus Throw<br />
|author=Steven Saylor<br />
|date=1994 <br />
|ISBN=0312957785 <br />
|comment=An Egyptian ambassador to Rome comes to Gordianus for help, plunging him into a tale of international intrigue and debauchery.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Lindsey Davis (Marcus Didius Falco mysteries)==<br />
<br />
All by Lindsey Davis and in paperback, unless otherwise noted.<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=The Silver Pigs<br />
|author=Lindsey Davis<br />
|date=1989<br />
|ISBN=0345369076<br />
|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.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=Shadows in Bronze<br />
|author=Lindsey Davis<br />
|date=1990<br />
|ISBN=0345373901<br />
|comment=Falco wants to marry Justina, but finds himself too poor — until the Emperor Vespasian has a little job of spying he wants done ...<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=Venus in Copper<br />
|author=Lindsey Davis<br />
|date=1991<br />
|ISBN=0345373901<br />
|comment=Roman real-estate mogul Hortensius Novus is poisoned at a banquet, and his creepy fiancee, Severina Zotica, wants Falco to investigate.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=The Iron Hand of Mars<br />
|author=Lindsey Davis<br />
|date=1992<br />
|ISBN=034538024X<br />
|comment=Falco goes undercover in Germania to enlist a Druid priestess' aid in finding a missing Roman general.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=Poseidon's Gold<br />
|author=Lindsey Davis<br />
|date=1992<br />
|ISBN=0345380258<br />
|comment=Falco makes it back to Rome only to find himself a suspect in his brother's death.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=Last Act in Palmyra<br />
|author=Lindsey Davis<br />
|date=1997<br />
|ISBN=0446404748<br />
|comment=Falco and Helena travel to Petra on a spy mission, only to find themselves mixed up with circus performers and a murder.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=Time to Depart<br />
|author=Lindsey Davis<br />
|date=1998<br />
|ISBN=0446605913<br />
|comment=After a notorious criminal is banished from Rome, Falco and his staunchly upright friend Petronius join forces to stem a crime wave.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=A Dying Light in Corduba<br />
|author=Lindsey Davis<br />
|date=1996<br />
|ISBN=0446606804<br />
|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.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==alternate Roman history by Kirk Mitchell==<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=Procurator<br />
|author=Kirk Mitchell<br />
|date=1984 <br />
|ISBN=0441680291<br />
|comment=Alternate-history sf novel, a first novel.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=The New Barbarians<br />
|author=Kirk Mitchell<br />
|date=1986 <br />
|ISBN=0441571018<br />
|comment=Alternate-world sf novel of high-tech Romans vs. Aztecs, sequel to Procurator.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=Cry Republic<br />
|author=Kirk Mitchell<br />
|date=1989 <br />
|ISBN=0441123899<br />
|comment=Alternate history sf novel. Political intrigue in a 20th-century Roman empire. Third in a series.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
== Simon Scarrow (The eagle novels) ==<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=Under the Eagle<br />
|author=Simon Scarrow<br />
|date=2002<br />
|ISBN=0312304242 <br />
|comment=A Tale of Military Adventure and Reckless Heroism with the Roman Legions <br />
}}</div>Gaia Octavia Agrippahttp://novaroma.org/nr/Reading_list_for_modern_fictionReading list for modern fiction2007-12-22T12:14:45Z<p>Gaia Octavia Agrippa: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{Book reviews|topic=Fiction}}<br />
<br />
Modern Fiction Set in Ancient Rome<br />
__TOC__<br />
==Colleen McCullough ("Masters of Rome")==<br />
<br />
All by Colleen McCullough and in paperback, unless otherwise noted.<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=The First Man in Rome<br />
|author=Colleen McCullough<br />
|date=1991 <br />
|ISBN=0380710811<br />
|comment=Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0671726285 ).<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=The Grass Crown<br />
|author=Colleen McCullough<br />
|date=1992 <br />
|ISBN=038071082X<br />
|comment=Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0671731513 ).<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=Fortune's Favorites<br />
|author=Colleen McCullough<br />
|date=1994 <br />
|ISBN=0380710838 <br />
|comment=Also available as an audiobook(ISBN 0671731521 ).<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=Caesar's Women<br />
|author=Colleen McCullough<br />
|date=1997 <br />
|ISBN=0380710846<br />
|comment=Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0671731548 ).<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=Caesar: A Novel<br />
|author=Colleen McCullough<br />
|date=1997 <br />
|ISBN=0060510854<br />
|comment=Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 067173153X ).<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=The October Horse<br />
|author=Colleen McCullough<br />
|date=2002<br />
|ISBN=0684853310<br />
|comment=Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0743528182 ).<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Steven Saylor ("Gordianus The Finder" mysteries)==<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=The Arms of Nemesis<br />
|author=Steven Saylor<br />
|date=1995 <br />
|ISBN=0804111278 <br />
|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.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=Catalina's Riddle<br />
|author=Steven Saylor<br />
|date=1994 <br />
|ISBN=080411269X <br />
|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.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=House of the Vestals<br />
|author=Steven Saylor<br />
|date=1997 <br />
|ISBN=0312154445 <br />
|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.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=A Murder on the Appian Way<br />
|author=Steven Saylor<br />
|date=1996 <br />
|ISBN=031214377X <br />
|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.<br />
}}<br />
; : (Steven Saylor / <br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=Roman Blood<br />
|author=Steven Saylor<br />
|date=1994 <br />
|ISBN=0804110395 <br />
|comment=Also available as an audiobook (ISBN 0786110589 ). Gordianus helps Cicero investigate for the defense of Sextus Roscius (Cicero's first big case).<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=The Venus Throw<br />
|author=Steven Saylor<br />
|date=1994 <br />
|ISBN=0312957785 <br />
|comment=An Egyptian ambassador to Rome comes to Gordianus for help, plunging him into a tale of international intrigue and debauchery.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Lindsey Davis (Marcus Didius Falco mysteries)==<br />
<br />
All by Lindsey Davis and in paperback, unless otherwise noted.<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=The Silver Pigs<br />
|author=Lindsey Davis<br />
|date=1989<br />
|ISBN=0345369076<br />
|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.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=Shadows in Bronze<br />
|author=Lindsey Davis<br />
|date=1990<br />
|ISBN=0345373901<br />
|comment=Falco wants to marry Justina, but finds himself too poor — until the Emperor Vespasian has a little job of spying he wants done ...<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=Venus in Copper<br />
|author=Lindsey Davis<br />
|date=1991<br />
|ISBN=0345373901<br />
|comment=Roman real-estate mogul Hortensius Novus is poisoned at a banquet, and his creepy fiancee, Severina Zotica, wants Falco to investigate.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=The Iron Hand of Mars<br />
|author=Lindsey Davis<br />
|date=1992<br />
|ISBN=034538024X<br />
|comment=Falco goes undercover in Germania to enlist a Druid priestess' aid in finding a missing Roman general.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=Poseidon's Gold<br />
|author=Lindsey Davis<br />
|date=1992<br />
|ISBN=0345380258<br />
|comment=Falco makes it back to Rome only to find himself a suspect in his brother's death.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=Last Act in Palmyra<br />
|author=Lindsey Davis<br />
|date=1997<br />
|ISBN=0446404748<br />
|comment=Falco and Helena travel to Petra on a spy mission, only to find themselves mixed up with circus performers and a murder.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=Time to Depart<br />
|author=Lindsey Davis<br />
|date=1998<br />
|ISBN=0446605913<br />
|comment=After a notorious criminal is banished from Rome, Falco and his staunchly upright friend Petronius join forces to stem a crime wave.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=A Dying Light in Corduba<br />
|author=Lindsey Davis<br />
|date=1996<br />
|ISBN=0446606804<br />
|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.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==alternate Roman history by Kirk Mitchell==<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=Procurator<br />
|author=Kirk Mitchell<br />
|date=1984 <br />
|ISBN=0441680291<br />
|comment=Alternate-history sf novel, a first novel.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=The New Barbarians<br />
|author=Kirk Mitchell<br />
|date=1986 <br />
|ISBN=0441571018<br />
|comment=Alternate-world sf novel of high-tech Romans vs. Aztecs, sequel to Procurator.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Bookinfo<br />
|title=Cry Republic<br />
|author=Kirk Mitchell<br />
|date=1989 <br />
|ISBN=0441123899<br />
|comment=Alternate history sf novel. Political intrigue in a 20th-century Roman empire. Third in a series.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
== Simon Scarrow (The eagle novels) ==</div>Gaia Octavia Agrippa