Lucius Cornelius Cinna

136 BCE–85 BCE

Lucius Cornelius Cinna was a Roman politician and consul during the civil wars between the Marian and Sullan factions. His dominance of Rome in the 80s BC helped shape the violent political world inherited by the last generation of the Republic.

In Colleen McCullough’s The Grass Crown, with Sulla abroad, Cinna and the exiled Marius return against the capital, turning rivalry into massacre and civil war. In Vincent B. Davis II’s Wolf at the Gates, the work is tied to the conflict between Sulla’s supporters and the Marian-Cinnan faction, especially the struggle that led to the capture of Rome by Marius and Cinna.

Series

Series featuring Lucius Cornelius Cinna (2 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…

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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

Masters of Rome in Order

by Colleen McCullough 7 books 4.5

The Masters of Rome series reconstructs the final century of the Roman Republic from the rise of Gaius Marius in 110 BCE to the settlement that made Octavian Augustus in 27 BCE. Across seven novels, military commands, elections, family alliances, provincial wealth and personal patronage become instruments in…

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