Masters of Rome · Book 1
The First Man in Rome
- Published
- 1 January 1990
- Pages
- 1076
- ISBN-13
- 9780380710812
- Type
- novel
About this book
The First Man in Rome opened Colleen McCullough's Masters of Rome series in 1990, an enormous 1,076-page debut. It begins the seven-book chronicle of the Roman Republic's last decades with the rise of Gaius Marius in 110 BC.
Its place in Masters of Rome
The First Man in Rome is book 1 in the Masters of Rome series. It is followed by The Grass Crown. See the full Masters of Rome reading order.
Colleen McCullough's Masters of Rome novels are a seven-book chronicle of the last decades of the Roman Republic, from the rise of Gaius Marius in 110 BC to the aftermath of Antony and Cleopatra's defeat in 27 BC — the century in which the Republic tore itself apart and Rome became an empire in all but name. Beginning with The First Man in Rome , the series tracks an enormous cast of real historical figures — Marius, Sulla, Pompey, Crassus, Cato the Younger, and eventually Julius Caesar himself — through civil…
Editions
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