From gladiator duels to great philosophers and worldwide expansion missions, the height of Ancient Rome was filled with scandals, violence, secret love affairs, and everything in between.
While nonfiction recounts of this Empire offer us ample information on the history of Ancient Rome, we love to read historical fictional stories that capture the true essence of this period.
Whether these novels involve real Roman figures or bring in imagined characters, each of these will have you feeling as if you are sitting front row in the Colosseum.
As the Roman Empire begins to reach its final glory, Marcus Tullius Cicero attempts, in vain, to save his dearly beloved republic from tyranny.
Raised a wealthy member of the equestrian order, Cicero is an educated philosopher, orator, and political theorist. He has always been destined for greatness. From a young age, Cicero discovers the legend of the Unknown God, the coming Messiah, and it propels him on a journey of spiritual turmoil and self-discovery.
A Pillar of Iron uses volumes of ancient records, both public and private, from Cicero’s life including ones of his intricate relationships with Julius Caesar, Marc Antony, and Crassus to show the complexities of the final rise and fall of the Roman Empire.
Queen Berenice is the fiery and controversial daughter of Israel’s King Agrippa I. During her reign in the first century AD, Queen Berenice is loved by some and loathed by others, but her only goal is to free the kingdom of Israel from the shadow of the Roman Empire.
However, when her husband, Shimeon, dies in a nasty civil war, Berenice’s plans are seemingly sabotaged. That is until she falls in love with Titus, the son of the Roman Emperor. With his help, Berenice no longer feels like all is lost.
Together the two will conceive an outrageous plan to join the ruling lines of Rome and Israel.
Written as a memoir by a former Roman soldier, Gaius Marius Insubrecus looks back to the intense adventures he faced on the battlefield in his young life. At a young age Insubrecus is torn between the heroic myths of his people, the Gahâél, and the cruel realities of their conqueror, Rome.
After Roman assassins are sent after Insubrecus, he joins the Roman Army in an attempt to escape their hunt. With the rise of the new governor, Gaius Julius Caesar, a legion is initiated into Gaul to stop an invasion from the violent Helvetii tribe.
Insubrecus must fight to survive the wrath of Roman executioners and Gallic warriors while also serving his new leader Caesar.
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