Fiction Set In Ancient Rome

Books

• I, Claudius and its sequel, Claudius the God, by Robert Graves. The classic dramatised account of the life of the emperor Claudius.
• Count Belisarius, also by Graves
• Augustus and Tiberius by Allan Massie.
• Masters of Rome series by Colleen McCullough.
• A Song for Nero by Tom Holt.
• Household Gods by Judith Tarr and Harry Turtledove
• Caesar's Bicycle by John Barnes
• Mmoires d'Hadrien by Marguerite Yourcenar
• Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz
• The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas
• Agent of Byzantium by Harry Turtledove
• Pompeii by Robert Harris
• Pro Caelio by Stephen Ciraolo
• Eagle in the Snow by Wallace Breem
• Avventura nel primo secolo by Paolo Monelli
• I Am a Barbarian by Edgar Rice Burroughs
• Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague de Camp

Detective fiction

• The Roma Sub Rosa series by Steven Saylor, starts with Roman Blood.
• The Marcus Didius Falco series by Lindsey Davis.
• The SPQR series by John Maddox Roberts.
• The Germanicus Mosaic series by Rosemary Rowe - set in Roman Britain.
• The Claudia series by Marilyn Todd
• The Publius Aurelius series by Danila Comastri Montanari

Movies

• The Robe - U.S. 1953 director Henry Koster
• Demetrius and the Gladiators - U.S. 1954 director Delmer Daves (sequel to The Robe)
• Ben-Hur U.S. 1959
• Spartacus - U.S. 1960 director Stanley Kubrick
• Cleopatra - U.S. 1963 director Joseph L. Mankiewicz
• The Fall of the Roman Empire - U.S. 1964 director Anthony Mann
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - U.S. 1966 director Richard Lester
• Satyricon - Italy 1970 director Federico Fellini
• Caligula - U.S. 1979 director Tinto Brass
• History of the World Part 1 - U.S. 1981 director Mel Brooks
• Gladiator - U.S. 1999 director Ridley Scott

Plays

• Joseph Addison
• Cato
• William Shakespeare
• Titus Andronicus
• Julius Caesar
• Antony and Cleopatra
• Coriolanus
• Stephen Sondheim
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Television

• I, Claudius
• Mystery Science Theater 3000 (part of season 8)
• Up Pompeii!
• Rome

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