Rome's Last Citizen: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar
10 best books like Rome's Last Citizen: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar (Rob Goodman): Antony and Cleopatra, Catullus' Bedspread: The Life of Rome's Most Erotic Poet, The Last Generation of the Roman Republic, Masters of Command: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership, The Day of the Barbarians: The Battle That Led to the Fall of the Roman Empire, Marcus Aurelius, Caesar: A Biography, Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome, Hannibal, Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus
| Author | Adrian Goldsworthy |
| ISBN | 0297845675 |
The love affair between Antony and Cleopatra is one of the most famous stories from the ancient world, and has been depicted in countless novels, plays and films. As one of the three men in control of the Roman Empire, Antony was perhaps the most powerful man of his day; while Cleopatra, who had already...
| Author | Daisy Dunn |
| ISBN | 0062317024 |
A vivid narrative that recreates the life of Gaius Valerius Catullus, Rome’s first modern” poet, and follows a young man’s journey through a world filled with all the indulgences and sexual excesses of the time, from doomed love affairs to shrewd political maneuvering and backstabbing—an...
| Author | Erich S. Gruen |
| ISBN | 0520201531 |
The biggest problem with history is History. Writing the story of the events is replete with the spoilers that we see coming - the ones that none of the actors of the events understand. Scholars that write the books we read on any historical subject wrestle with this dilemma. The temptation to place...
| Author | Barry S. Strauss |
| ISBN | 1439164487 |
In Masters of Command, Barry Strauss compares the way the three greatest generals of the ancient world—Alexander, Hannibal, and Caesar—waged war and draws lessons from their experiences that apply on and off the battlefield. Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar—each was a master of war. Each had...
| Author | Alessandro Barbero |
| ISBN | 0802715710 |
On August 9, 378 AD, at Adrianople in the Roman province of Thrace (now western Turkey), the Roman Empire began to fall. Two years earlier, an unforeseen flood of refugees from the East Germanic tribe known as the Goths had arrived at the Empire's eastern border, seeking admittance. Though usually successful...
| Author | Frank McLynn |
| ISBN | 0224072927 |
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The vivid, magisterial and long-awaited biography of Marcus Aurelius — the last of the “five good emperors” of the Roman Empire.
Emperor Marcus Aurelius — the embodiment of the philosopher’s...
As politician and diplomat, writer and lover, but above all as a military genius, Julius Caesar is one of the perennially fascinating figures in history—Boswell called him ”the greatest man of any age.” Christian Meier's authoritative and accessible biography is the definitive modern account...
Acclaimed author Anthony Everitt, whose Augustus was praised by the Philadelphia Inquirer as “a narrative of sustained drama and skillful analysis,” is the rare writer whose work both informs and enthralls. In Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome–the first major account of the emperor in nearly...
| Author | Theodore Ayrault Dodge |
| ISBN | 0306813629 |
Hannibal is often called the finest general the world has ever known. Setting out from Carthaginian-dominated Spain with a small army of select troops, he fought his way over the Pyrenees and crossed the Alps with elephants and a full baggage train. Theodore Dodge retraced this route from Carthage...
| Author | Lindsay Powell |
| ISBN | 1848846177 |
Marcus Agrippa personified the term 'right-hand man'. As Emperor Augustus' deputy, he waged wars, pacified provinces, beautified Rome, and played a crucial role in laying the foundations of the Pax Romana for the next two hundred years - but he served always in the knowledge he would never rule in his...
| Author | Aloys Winterling |
| ISBN | 0520248953 |
"Caligula enjoys a reputation as one of the most brutal and tyrannical Roman emperors. In this accessible narrative of Caligula's life, Winterling uses his deep knowledge of Roman society and the imperial court to investigate why contemporaries chose to assassinate Caligula's reputation...
| Author | Ronald Syme |
| ISBN | 0192803204 |
The Roman Revolution is a profound and unconventional treatment of a great theme - the fall of the Republic and the decline of freedom in Rome between 60 BC and AD 14, and the rise to power of the greatest of the Roman Emperors, Augustus. The transformation of state and society, the violent transference...
| Author | James Romm |
| ISBN | 0307596877 |
From acclaimed classical historian, author of Ghost on the Throne (“Gripping . . . the narrative verve of a born writer and the erudition of a scholar” —Daniel Mendelsohn) and editor of The Landmark Arrian:The Campaign of Alexander (“Thrilling” —The New York Times Book Review), a ...
| Author | Philip Matyszak |
| ISBN | 0500251517 |
Your emperor needs you for the Roman army! The year is AD 100 and Rome stands supreme and unconquerable from the desert sands of Mesopotamia to the misty highlands of Caledonia. Yet the might of Rome rests completely on the armored shoulders of the legionaries who hold back the barbarian hordes and push...
| Author | Adrian Murdoch |
| ISBN | 0750932953 |
Since his death on a Persian battlefield in A.D. 363, the violent end of the Emperor Julian has become synonymous with the death of paganism. But how did a young philosopher-warrior, who ruled for only eighteen months, come to be seen as one of the most potent threats to Christianity?
Driven...
| Author | Ernle Bradford |
| ISBN | 1840222263 |
Hannibal had long known his fate should the Romans ever lay hands upon him. He had taken an army right through Spain and into what is now France, crossed the Alps (at a time of year when no one believed it possible), and invaded Italy. Then, for 15 years, he used the country as his battlefield and his home,...
| Author | Stephen Dando-Collins |
| ISBN | 0471686131 |
A unique and splendidly researched story, following the trials and triumphs of Julius Caesar's Legio X-arguably the most famous legion of its day-from its activation to the slogging battle of Munda and from Thapsus, Caesar's tactical masterpiece, to the grim siege of the Jewish fortress of Masada....
| Author | Adrienne Mayor |
| ISBN | 0691126836 |
Machiavelli praised his military genius. European royalty sought out his secret elixir against poison. His life inspired Mozart's first opera, while for centuries poets and playwrights recited bloody, romantic tales of his victories, defeats, intrigues, concubines, and mysterious death....
| Author | Gaius Julius Caesar |
| ISBN | 0307377865 |
Gallic War - Civil War - Alexandrian War - African War - Spanish War
Between 58 and 50 B.C., Caesar led his army to twice invade Britain and conquer most of the land that is now France, Belgium, and Switzerland. The Gallic Wars served two purposes: to offer a record of Caesar's travels and insights...
