Can’t get enough of ancient Rome after watching Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II (or just want to find out if they really used sharks in a flooded colosseum)? Your favorite military history distributor has got you covered! Whether it’s histories examining the hostile political climate of the time or a biography of Caracalla portrayed by Fred Hechinger in the upcoming film, you can add all of these books to your ancient Rome history shelf.
Vandal Heaven
Reinterpreting Post-Roman North Africa
by Simon Elliott
A new interpretation of post-Roman North Africa which shows the Vandals and late Roman population flourishing together to the extent that Byzantine reconquest was unwelcome.
The Real Gladiator
The True Story of Maximus Decimus Meridius
by Tony Sullivan
Readers will meet two generals, Pompeianus and Maximianus, who most resemble our hero General Maximus. Also Lucilla, the sister of Commodus, who in reality married her General, but detested him.
Violence in the Forum
Factional Struggles in Ancient Rome (133–78 BC)
by Natale Barca
The events in Rome between 133 and 78 BC that ruptured the constitutional order and started the slide that into the violence and destruction that ended the Roman Republic.
Caracalla
A Military Biography
by Ilkka Syvänne
Caracalla has one of the worst reputations of any Roman Emperor. Many ancient historians were very hostile and Edward Gibbon later dubbed him the common enemy of mankind.
The Roman Gladius and the Ancient Fighting Techniques
Volume I – Monarchy and Consular Age
by Fabrizio Casprini and Marco Saliola
The backbone of the Roman army was the infantry, armed with a javelin, or pilum, and sword, or gladius. This study investigates not just the weapon itself, and its design and manufacture, but how the sword was originally conceived and how it was employed on the battlefield as an expression of the Roman state.
