Fiction set in Ancient Rome

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There is a body of modern fiction set in ancient Rome.

In Spanish television, there is a tradition of airing películas de romanos (Roman-era films, peplum, Biblical films) during the Holy Week. Its subjects match the season and its long durations enables allows most personnel to go on vacation.

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Contents 1 Books 1.1 Detective fiction 1.2 Comic books 2 Movies 3 Plays 4 Television 5 See also

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.
• The 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
• Mémoires 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
• Julian by Gore Vidal
• Avventura nel primo secolo by Paolo Monelli
• I Am a Barbarian by Edgar Rice Burroughs
• Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague de Camp
• A. D. 62: Pompeii by Rebecca East
• The Roman by Mika Waltari
• The Emperor series by Conn Iggulden
• The Door in the Wall, The Key, The Lock by Benita Kane Jaro
• Roman Justice: SPQR: Too Roman To Handle, by Anne Hart

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
• The Eagle series by Simon Scarrow
• The Marcus Corvinus series by David Wishart

Comic books

• Leading Comics - in the 1940s, a series called "Nero Fox" (about a funny animal fox named Nero Fox, who was emperor of Rome) was published as a backup series in this comic title.
• Asterix series by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations)

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
• Ben Jonson
  • Sejanus, His Fall
• 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!
• The Roman Holidays
• Rome

See also

• Fiction set in Ancient Greece