Masters of Rome The First Man in Rome, Book 1, (Paperback)

from alexlubertozzi

I started to get more interested in ancient Rome (particularly the Republic) after the HBO series started. I read Tom Holland's excellent Rubicon and knew I needed more--especially on Marius and Sulla, two of the most fascinating characters of this or any historical period. When I learned of McCu...

from YossarianXeno

Browsing in a second hand book sale I came across this and bought it, though without any great expectation. It was therefore a real pleasure to read this thoroughly researched and superbly told fictional account of the political and military rise of Gaius Marius, the outsider who became Senior Co...

from LisaMaria_C

This is the first book in the seven book Masters of Rome series dealing with the last century of the Roman Republic, from 110 to 30 BC. At the start of The First Man in Rome we meet Gaius Julius Caesar--the grandfather of his namesake the famous general. This family patriarch marries one daughter...

from Ailinel

This book remains high on my list of favorite reads. First Man in Rome educates as it entertains, containing a plethora of information about ancient Roman life as well as numerous historical people, places, and events. The style is fluid, the characters dynamic, and the plot enjoyable. The book i...

from pbjwelch

If you love classical history and read some fiction, definitely launch into this first of Colleen McCullough's series of 'fact'-ition on classical Rome. I picked up the second volume in the series The Grass Crown and couldn't put it down, then had to sit on my hands waiting for the first volume t...