Fiction set in Ancient Rome
There is a body of modern
fiction set in ancient Rome. Titles include
Books
\n* I, Claudius and its sequel, Claudius the God, by Robert Graves. The classic dramatised account of the life of the emperor Claudius.\n* Augustus and Tiberius by Allan Massie.\n* The First Man in Rome and sequels by Colleen McCullough.\n* A Song for Nero by Tom Holt.\n* Household Gods by Judith Tarr and Harry Turtledove\n* Caesar's Bicycle by John Barnes\n* Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz \n*Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar\n*The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas\n*Pompeii by Robert Harris
Detective fiction
\n* The Roma Sub Rosa series by Steven Saylor, starts with "Roman Blood".\n* The Falco series by Lindsey Davis.\n* The SPQR series by John Maddox Roberts.\n* The Germanicus Mosaic (series) by Rosemary Rowe - set in Roman Britain.\n* The Claudia series by Marilyn Todd
Movies
\n* The Robe U.S. 1953 director Henry Koster\n* Demetrius and the Gladiators U.S. 1954 director Delmer Daves (sequel to 'The Robe')\n* Ben-Hur U.S. 1959 \n* Spartacus U.S. 1960 director Stanley Kubrick\n* Cleopatra U.S. 1963 director Joseph L. Mankiewicz\n* The Fall of the Roman Empire U.S. 1964 durector Anthony Mann\n* Satyricon Italy 1970 director Federico Fellini\n* I, Claudius U.K. 1976, BBC 13 hour miniseries\n* Gladiator U.S. 1999 director Ridley Scott
Plays
\n*Joseph Addison\n** Cato\n*William Shakespeare\n** Titus Andronicus\n** Julius Caesar\n** Antony and Cleopatra\n** Coriolanus
Television comedy
\n*Up Pompeii
Category:Ancient Rome
