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Gaius Suetonius Paulinus

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Gaius Suetonius Paulinus was a Roman general and governor of Britain under Nero. He suppressed Boudica’s revolt after the destruction of several Roman towns, making him a key figure in the consolidation of Roman Britain.

In Simon Turney’s Agricola: Invader, Serving under the governor Gaius Suetonius Paulinus, he experiences campaigning in Wales and the Roman assault on the Druid centre on Mona. In Jeff Jones’s Islands of Mist, the Damned arrive as Governor Gaius Suetonius Paulinus campaigns against the druids on Mona and resentment spreads among British communities. Other novels featuring Gaius Suetonius Paulinus include M.C. Scott’s Boudica: Dreaming the Serpent Spear, Tim Hodkinson’s The Spear of Crom, Jeff Jones’s The Hunt for Boudica, Griff Hosker’s The Sword of Cartimandua, and M.C. Scott’s Boudica: Dreaming the Hound.

Historical context

Historical periods linked to Gaius Suetonius Paulinus

Roman Britain 43–410 CE

Series

Series featuring Gaius Suetonius Paulinus (7 series)

Eagles of the Empire in Order

by Simon Scarrow 24 books 4.5

The Eagles of the Empire series follows Roman soldiers Macro and Cato from the reign of Claudius into that of Nero. Their service takes them through the invasion and occupation of Britain, Mediterranean piracy, revolt, imperial court intrigue and Rome’s eastern wars, combining military campaigning with the politics…

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Under the Eagle

4.4

The Eagle’s Conquest

4.4

When the Eagle Hunts

4.6

The Eagle and the Wolves

4.5

The Eagle’s Prey

4.5

The Eagle’s Prophecy

4.5

The Eagle in the Sand

4.5

Centurion

4.5

The Gladiator

4.5

The Legion

4.6

Praetorian

4.5

The Blood Crows

4.5

Brothers in Blood

4.5

Britannia

4.5

Invictus

4.5

Day of the Caesars

4.6

The Blood of Rome

4.6

Traitors of Rome

4.6

The Emperor’s Exile

4.6

The Honour of Rome

4.6

Death to the Emperor

4.6

Rebellion

4.7

Revenge of Rome

4.7

Tyrant of Rome

4.6

Legion of the Damned Roman Thrillers in Order

by Jeff Jones 5 books 4.5

The Legion of the Damned Roman Thrillers follows Marcus Corvo, a young centurion given command of a disposable unit recruited from slaves, prisoners, deserters and former gladiators. During Nero’s reign, the improvised legion is sent wherever conventional troops or imperial officials cannot afford to fail, from the Armenian…

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Fortress of Steel

4.4

Forests of Death

4.4

Islands of Mist

4.6

The Hunt for Boudica

4.6

Tides of Blood

Boudica Trilogy in Order

by M.C. Scott 4 books 4.5

Manda Scott’s four-volume Boudica sequence follows Breaca, the Eceni warrior who becomes Boudica, from childhood in pre-conquest Britain to the uprising against Roman occupation. The novels combine tribal politics, military conflict and the spiritual world of warriors and dreamers, presenting Roman expansion through the lives of people whose…

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Boudica: Dreaming the Eagle

4.4

Boudica: Dreaming the Bull

4.5

Boudica: Dreaming the Hound

4.6

Boudica: Dreaming the Serpent Spear

4.6

Avalon in Order

by Marion Zimmer Bradley 7 books 4.1

The Avalon series recasts British myth and history through generations of priestesses whose sanctuary preserves the worship of the Goddess as Roman power, Christianity, migration and political consolidation transform Britain. Its chronology reaches from survivors of a legendary Atlantis and the builders of Stonehenge through Bronze Age kingship,…

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The Mists of Avalon

4.1

The Forests of Avalon

4.5

Lady of Avalon

4.0

Priestess of Avalon

4.1

Ancestors of Avalon

4.4

Ravens of Avalon

4.6

Sword of Avalon

4.6

Agricola in Order

by Simon Turney 4 books 4.5

The Agricola series follows Gnaeus Julius Agricola from an ambitious young military tribune to the governor who carried Roman campaigning into northern Britain. His career unfolds through the Boudican Revolt, Nero’s final years, the civil wars of AD 69 and the consolidation of Flavian rule. Alongside battlefield command,…

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Agricola: Invader

4.5

Agricola: Warrior

4.6

Agricola: Commander

4.6

Agricola: Conqueror

Vespasian in Order

by Robert Fabbri 9 books 4.4

The Vespasian series follows Titus Flavius Vespasianus from obscure young nobleman and soldier to the imperial contender who will found the Flavian dynasty. The novels use Vespasian’s career to move through the Julio-Claudian court, frontier warfare, Britain, Armenia, North Africa, Judaea and the civil-war crisis of AD 69.…

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Tribune of Rome

4.3

Rome’s Executioner

4.3

False God of Rome

4.3

Rome’s Fallen Eagle

4.4

Masters of Rome

4.4

Rome’s Lost Son

4.4

The Furies of Rome

4.5

Rome’s Sacred Flame

4.5

Emperor of Rome

4.6

The Sword of Cartimandua in Order

by Griff Hosker 13 books 4.4

The Sword of Cartimandua is a Roman Britain sequence following auxiliary cavalry and frontier soldiers from the age of Cartimandua through the Flavian and early Hadrianic period. The books use Brigantian politics, Roman conquest, northern campaigning, Caledonia and Hadrian’s Wall to show Britain as a frontier province where…

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