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Anthony Riches

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Anthony Riches writes Roman military fiction with a strong focus on frontier service, unit loyalty and the practical realities of campaigning.

Anthony Riches developed an early interest in military history through the wartime service of his father and grandfather. He studied Military Studies at the University of Manchester before spending many years in business systems and change management. His work as a project manager took him across Britain, Europe, the United States, the Middle East and the Far East, while he continued developing the manuscript that eventually became his first published historical novel.

Wounds of Honour began the long-running Empire series, which follows Marcus Valerius Aquila and the Tungrian auxiliaries through the northern frontiers and wider conflicts of the Roman Empire. The books combine battles and marches with discipline, logistics, rivalry and the close bonds formed within a military unit. Riches has also written the Centurions trilogy, expanding his treatment of Roman warfare through other soldiers and commands, alongside contemporary thrillers. His historical novels are especially useful for readers interested in the Roman army, Hadrian’s Wall, auxiliary troops, frontier provinces and the tension between personal honour and imperial authority.

Periods and events

Ancient Greecec. 1100–146 BCE Batavian Revolt69–70 CE Flavian Dynasty69–96 CE Hadrian’s Wall122–410 CE Mycenaean Greecec. 1600–1100 BCE Reign of Commodus180–192 CE Reign of Nero54–68 CE Roman Britain43–410 CE Roman Danube Frontier15 BCE–476 CE Roman Germania and the Rhine Frontier9–260 CE Roman–Parthian Wars53 BCE–217 CE Severan Dynasty193–235 CE Trojan WarMythic Bronze Age tradition Year of the Four Emperors69 CE

Historical fiction

Historical fiction series by Anthony Riches (2 series)

Empire in Order

by Anthony Riches 16 books 4.5(20,598)

The Empire series follows Marcus Valerius Aquila, a Roman aristocrat forced into hiding after his family is destroyed under Commodus. Serving under an assumed name with the Tungrian auxiliaries, he moves from Hadrian’s Wall and the Rhine to Rome, Egypt and the eastern civil wars that follow the…

The Centurions in Order

by Anthony Riches 3 books 4.4(2,751)

The Centurions trilogy is set during the Year of the Four Emperors and the Batavian Revolt. It follows Roman and Batavian officers whose old comradeship collapses when Galba dismisses Nero’s German bodyguard and Julius Civilis turns a frontier grievance into a major rebellion.

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