Vincent B. Davis II

Vincent B. Davis II writes Roman historical fiction focused on Quintus Sertorius, civil war and the struggles that destabilised the late Republic.

Vincent B. Davis II is an American author, entrepreneur and serving soldier with an academic and personal interest in history. He studied at East Tennessee State University and has served in the United States Army since 2014. Military experience contributes to his interest in leadership, cohesion and the pressures placed on individuals inside larger institutions. His fiction seeks to make less familiar figures of Roman history accessible without separating their personal ambitions from the political crises around them.

Davis is best known for the Sertorius Scrolls, beginning with The Man with Two Names. The series follows Quintus Sertorius from the wars of the late Roman Republic through the Social War, the conflicts of Marius and Sulla and resistance in Hispania. By centring a commander who opposed the dominant regime, the novels provide a perspective on Rome beyond the careers of Caesar and Augustus. Davis draws on ancient sources while using fictional relationships and battlefield experience to bridge gaps in the surviving record. His books are particularly relevant to readers interested in republican civil war, Roman Spain and military leaders whose reputations were shaped by hostile victors.

Periods and events

Ancient Rome Roman Republic Sullan Civil War and Proscriptions Late Roman Republic Mithridatic Wars Interwar Period Roaring Twenties Great Depression Prohibition in the United States Prohibition-era American Organized Crime

Series

Series by Vincent B. Davis II (3 series)

The Sertorius Scrolls in Order

by Vincent B. Davis II 7 books 4.4

The Sertorius Scrolls follow Quintus Sertorius through the late Roman Republic, beginning with his youth and military service before moving into the crises of Marius, Sulla, the Social War and civil conflict. The series is strongest for readers interested in the generation before Caesar, when Roman politics was…

The Man with Two Names

4.3

The Noise of War

4.5

Bodies in the Tiber

4.3

Whom Gods Destroy

4.4

Sulla’s Fist

4.5

While Rome Burned

4.4

Wolf at the Gates

4.6

The Consentino Crime Saga in Order

by Vincent B. Davis II 2 books 4.2

The Consentino Crime Saga is historical crime fiction set around Prohibition-era New York and the growth of American organised crime. The series follows the fictional Consentino family as immigration, family loyalty, revenge and criminal opportunity pull one generation after another into the violence of the late 1920s and…

Sins of the Father

4.2

Blood of the Sons

4.3

The Marius Scrolls in Order

by Vincent B. Davis II 2 books 4.1

The Marius Scrolls are short Roman novels centred on Gaius Marius before his dominance of late Republican politics. They work as companion pieces to the Sertorius Scrolls, showing the early military and political experiences that shaped Marius and the Republic before the Social War and Sullan crisis.