Fiction set in ancient Rome

There is a large body of modern fiction set in ancient Rome. The following titles listed include only those that are substantially (more than half) or entirely set in the city of Rome during any period up to the Byzantine empire. It does not include works set partially in Rome, nor does it include all works set in the Roman Republic or the Roman Empire. For works set in the Roman empire but not in the city of Rome, please see Fiction set in the Roman empire for a list of all works set in the ancient Roman world.

Titles include:

Historical novels listed in chronological order

Rome as a Kingdom

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Early Republic (before 264 BC)

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Middle Republic (264 BC - 133 BC)

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  1. Africanus, el hijo del cónsul
  2. Las legiones malditas
  3. La traición de Roma

Late Republic (after 132 BC)

Early/High Empire (27 BC to 192 AD)

The Julio-Claudian Dynasty

Books about early Christians or the Christ include:

Books about Claudius or set in his reign include:

Books set in Nero's reign include:

The Flavian Dynasty

  1. Los asesinos del emperador (Domitian death)
  2. Circo Máximo (Trajan's Dacian Wars)

The Nervan-Antonian (Ulpio-Aelia) Dynasty

Middle Empire (193 AD to 293 AD)

No historical works are known that are set entirely or substantially in the city of Rome.

Late Empire: West (293 AD to 457 AD)

Unknown period

Detective fiction

Science fiction/time travel novels

Alternate history

The following alternate history novels are set in fictional universes where Rome's struggle with Carthago went differently

The following alternate history novels are set in fictional universes where the Roman Empire never fell, and has endured to the present day:

Comic books

Movies

Plays

Television

Video games

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 http://www.stevensaylor.com/ Saylor, Steven. "Steven Saylor website". Retrieved May 16, 2007

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