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Roma

by Steven Saylor Book 1 in the Roma Trilogy series.

First published 2007

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4.0(9,978)

Roma follows generations of two families from the settlement of the hills beside the Tiber to the age of Augustus. Their inherited talisman links stories of kings, republican reform, war with Carthage, social conflict and the expansion of Roman power.

The family narrative passes through Hannibal’s invasion, the Gracchi, Sulla’s dictatorship, Caesar’s rise and the civil wars that end the Republic. Public history is shown through marriage, slavery, religion, property and memory as a trading settlement becomes the centre of a Mediterranean empire.

Historical Periods

Roman Kingdom753–509 BCE Punic Wars264–146 BCE Gracchan Reforms133–121 BCE Sullan Civil War and Proscriptions88–81 BCE Caesar’s Civil War49–45 BCE Assassination of Julius Caesar44 BCE Augustan Age27 BCE–14 CE

Genres

Court & Political Fiction Historical Sagas

Historical people

Augustus64 BCE–14 Hannibal247–c. 183 BCE Scipio Africanusc. 236–c. 183 BCE Julius Caesar101 BCE–45 BCE Cicero107 BCE–44 BCE

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