Books about Rome and the Roman world. A mix of translated primary source texts and contemporary non-fiction works.
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last updated June, 2025
A History of the Roman People
Fritz M. Heichelheim
Antony and Cleopatra
Adrian Goldsworthy
Makers of Rome
Plutarch Plutarch
Civil War (Penguin Classics)
Lucan Lucan
On Architecture (Penguin Classics)
Vitruvius Vitruvius
Fasti
Ovid Ovid
The Golden Ass
Apuleius Apuleius
On the Republic / On the Laws
Marcus Tullius Cicero
The Letters of the Younger Pliny
Pliny the Younger
The Civil Wars
Appian Appian
The Twelve Caesars
Suetonius Suetonius
The Annals: The Reigns of Tiberius, Claudius and Nero
Tacitus Tacitus
The Conquest of Gaul
Gaius Julius Caesar
Catiline's War, The Jurgurthine War, Histories
Sallust Sallust
The History of Rome, Books 21-30: The War with Hannibal
Livy Livy
The Rise of the Roman Empire
Polybius Polybius
The Roman History: The Reign of Augustus
Cassius Dio
The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome
The Rise of Rome: From the Iron Age to the Punic Wars
Kathryn Lomas
Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town
Professor Mary Beard
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome
Anthony Everitt
Nero: Matricide, Music, and Murder in Imperial Rome
Domina: The Women Who Made Imperial Rome
Guy de la Bédoyère
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
Tom Holland
Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization
Richard Miles
The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy
Adrienne Mayor
Caesar: Life of a Colossus
Hannibal: Rome's Greatest Enemy
Philip Freeman
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