Fiction set in ancient Rome

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There is a body of modern fiction set in ancient Rome.

Titles include:

Contents 1 Books 1.1 Detective fiction 1.2 Alternate universe fiction 1.3 Comic books 2 Movies 3 Plays 4 Television 5 Video Games 6 See also 7 External links

[edit] Books

• I, Claudius and its sequel, Claudius the God, by Robert Graves. The classic dramatised account of the life of the emperor Claudius.
• Count Belisarius, also by Graves
• Caesar, Anthony, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and Nero's Heirs by Allan Massie.
• The Masters of Rome series by Colleen McCullough.
• A Song for Nero by Tom Holt.
• Household Gods by Judith Tarr and Harry Turtledove
• Caesar's Bicycle by John Barnes
• Mémoires d'Hadrien by Marguerite Yourcenar
• Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz
• The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas
• Agent of Byzantium by Harry Turtledove
• Pompeii by Robert Harris
• Imperium by Robert Harris
• Pro Caelio by Stephen Ciraolo
• Eagle in the Snow by Wallace Breem
• Julian by Gore Vidal
• Avventura nel primo secolo by Paolo Monelli
• I Am a Barbarian by Edgar Rice Burroughs
• Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague de Camp
• A. D. 62: Pompeii by Rebecca East
• The Roman by Mika Waltari
• The Emperor series by Conn Iggulden
• The Door in the Wall, The Key, The Lock by Benita Kane Jaro
• The Last Days of Pompeii by E.G.Bulwer-Lytton
• Sand of the Arena by James Duffy
• The Nero Prediction by Humphry Knipe
• The Last Legion: A Novel by Valerio Massimo Manfredi
• Following Hadrian: A Second-Century Journey through the Roman Empire by Elizabeth Speller
• In the Army of Marcus Batallius by David M. Ross
• The Young Julian by Thomas J., Ph.D. Hairston
• Legion by William Altimari
• 68 A.D. by D.G. Bellenger
• Gods and Legions: A Novel of The Roman Empire by Michael Curtis Ford
• The Quest For the Lost Roman Legions by Tony Clunn
• Three's Company, Winter Quarters, Conscience of the King, The Little Emperors and Family Favourites by Alfred Duggan
• Domitia & Domitian by David Corson
• Games of Venus by Sylvia Shults
• The Flames of Rome by Paul L. Maier
• A Pillar of Iron by Taylor Caldwell
• The Ides of March by Thornton Wilder
• Antonia by Brenda Jagger
• The Tribune: A Novel of Ancient Rome by Patrick Larkin
• Hadrian's Wall: A Novel by William Dietrich
• Centurion: A Novel of Ancient Rome by Peter W. Mitsopoulos
• Spartacus by Howard Fast
• Spartacus by Lewis Grassic Gibbon
• The Third Princess: A Septimus Severus Quistus Roman Mystery by Philip Boast

[edit] Detective fiction

• The Roma Sub Rosa series by Steven Saylor, starts with Roman Blood.
• The Marcus Didius Falco series by Lindsey Davis.
• The SPQR series by John Maddox Roberts.
• The Germanicus Mosaic series by Rosemary Rowe - set in Roman Britain.
• The I, Claudia series of novels by Marilyn Todd featuring her picaresque heroine Claudia Seferius
• The Publius Aurelius series by Danila Comastri Montanari
• The Eagle series by Simon Scarrow
• The Marcus Corvinus series by David Wishart
• Roman Justice: SPQR: Too Roman To Handle, by Anne Hart
• The Caius Trilogy by German author Henry Winterfeld: Caius ist ein Dummkopf (Caius is an Idiot); Caius geht ein Licht auf (Caius has an Inspiration), and Caius in der Klemme (Caius in a Fix). The first part was published in English with the alternate title Detectives in Togas.

[edit] Alternate universe fiction

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

• Romanitas, by Sophia McDougall
• Roma Eterna, a 2003 novel by Robert Silverberg

[edit] Comic books

• Leading Comics - in the 1940s, a series called "Nero Fox" (about a funny animal fox named Nero Fox, who was emperor of Rome) was published as a backup series in this comic title.
• Asterix series by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations)

[edit] Movies

• Quo Vadis - U.S. 1951 director Mervyn LeRoy
• The Robe - U.S. 1953 director Henry Koster
• Demetrius and the Gladiators - U.S. 1954 director Delmer Daves (sequel to The Robe)
• Ben-Hur U.S. 1959
• Spartacus - U.S. 1960 director Stanley Kubrick
• Cleopatra - U.S. 1963 director Joseph L. Mankiewicz
• The Fall of the Roman Empire - U.S. 1964 director Anthony Mann
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - U.S. 1966 director Richard Lester
• Satyricon - Italy 1970 director Federico Fellini
• Caligula - U.S. 1979 director Tinto Brass
• History of the World Part 1 - U.S. 1981 director Mel Brooks
• Gladiator - U.S. 1999 director Ridley Scott
• Quo Vadis - Polish/U.S. 2001 director Jerzy Kawalerowicz, remake of 1951 film

[edit] Plays

• Joseph Addison
  • Cato
• Albert Camus
  • Caligula
• Henrik Ibsen
  • Emperor and Galilean
• Ben Jonson
  • Sejanus, His Fall
• Heinrich von Kleist
  • Die Hermannsschlacht
• William Shakespeare
  • Titus Andronicus
  • Julius Caesar
  • Antony and Cleopatra
  • Coriolanus
• Stephen Sondheim
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

[edit] Television

• I, Claudius
• Mystery Science Theater 3000 (part of season 8)
• Up Pompeii!
• The Roman Holidays
• Rome
• Spartacus miniseries by Robert Dornhelm (director)
• Pompeii: The Last Day a dramatized documentary

[edit] Video Games

• Rome: Total War
• Rome: Pathway to Power
• The Caesar video games series
• Centurion: Defender of Rome
• Legion Arena
• Circus Maximus
• Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance
• Spartan: Total Warrior

[edit] See also

• Fiction set in Ancient Greece

[edit] External links

• Fictional Rome
• The Detective and the Toga - Roman mysteries