Books
11 Best Novels About the Liberators’ Civil War
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War
Liberators’ Civil War
43–42 BCE
The Liberators’ Civil War followed the assassination of Julius Caesar and pitted Brutus and Cassius against Mark Antony and Octavian. The conflict moved from Roman political manoeuvring to military confrontation in the east. Its decisive battles came at Philippi in 42 BC.
The war mattered because it destroyed the main faction that claimed to be restoring republican liberty. The defeat of Brutus and Cassius left power in the hands of Caesar’s heirs and avengers. It narrowed Rome’s future to competition between men who commanded armies and controlled Caesar’s legacy.
The Liberators’ Civil War is useful for fiction about the aftermath of Caesar’s assassination. Robert Harris’s Cicero trilogy, Colleen McCullough’s final republican novels, Conn Iggulden’s Emperor sequence, and Steven Saylor’s work all lead readers toward the struggle between Caesar’s heirs and his killers. The setting suits stories about Brutus, Cassius, Antony, Octavian, divided families, failed ideals, and the narrowing path from republic to monarchy.
Related people for Liberators’ Civil War
Arsinoe IV of Egypt69 BCE–42 BCE Augustus64 BCE–14 Caesarion48 BCE–31 BCE Cicero107 BCE–44 BCE Cleopatra70 BCE–31 BCE Cleopatra Selene II41 BCE–6 BCE Fulviac. 83/77–40 BCE Gaius Cassius Longinus83 BCE–43 BCE Herod the Great75 BCE–5 BCE Julius Caesar101 BCE–45 BCE Marcus Aemilius Lepidusc. 90–13 BCE Marcus Junius Brutus86 BCE–43 BCE Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa64 BCE–13 BCE Mark Antony83–30 BCE Octavia the Younger67 BCE–12 BCE Pompey106–48 BCE Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator63 BCE–48 BCE Sullac. 138–78 BCE
Non Fiction
1 Non-Fiction Book About the Liberators’ Civil War
Histories, biographies and reference works are listed separately from the historical novels above.