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If you loved The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Rome, Presidents & Heads of State, Ancient, and Military.

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Themes: Rome • Presidents & Heads of State • Ancient

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Themes: Rome • Presidents & Heads of State • Ancient

Julius Caesar Rome’s Greatest Warlord

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Themes: Rome • Presidents & Heads of State • Ancient

The Civil War

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Themes: Rome • Presidents & Heads of State • Ancient

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Themes: Rome • Presidents & Heads of State • Ancient

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Themes: Rome • Presidents & Heads of State • Ancient

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Themes: Rome • Presidents & Heads of State • Ancient

The Emperor Commodus Gladiator, Hercules Or a Tyrant?

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Themes: Rome • Presidents & Heads of State • Ancient

Meditations

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Themes: Rome • Presidents & Heads of State • Ancient

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Boudica’s Last Stand Britain’s Revolt Against Rome, A. D. 60-61

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Themes: Rome • Ancient • Military

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For the Glory of Rome A History of Warriors and Warfare

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Themes: Rome • Ancient • Military

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Uncommon Wrath How Caesar and Cato’s Deadly Rivalry Destroyed the Roman Republic

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Themes: Rome • Ancient • Military

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Constantine the Great Warlord of Rome

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Themes: Rome • Ancient • Military

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Themes: Rome • Presidents & Heads of State • Military

#15

Caesar Life of a Colossus

Adrian Goldsworthy

Themes: Rome • Ancient • Military

#16

Scipio Africanus Greater Than Napoleon

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Themes: Rome • Ancient • Military

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Magnus Pius Sextus Pompeius and the Transformation of the Roman Republic

Kathryn Welch

Themes: Rome • Ancient • Military

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The Last Legionary Life As a Roman Soldier in Britain AD400

Paul Elliott

Themes: Rome • Ancient • Military

#19

Mithridates the Great Rome’s Indomitable Enemy

Philip Matyszak

Themes: Rome • Ancient • Military

#20

Hannibal

Ernle Bradford

Themes: Rome • Ancient • Military

#21

Faith Under Fire Stories of Hope and Courage from World War II

Steve Rabey

Themes: Rome • Ancient • Military

#22

Mutina 43 BC Mark Antony’s Struggle for Survival

Nic Fields

Themes: Rome • Ancient • Military

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Agricola Architect of Roman Britain

Simon Turney

Themes: Rome • Ancient • Military

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Constantine the Great And the Christian Revolution

G. P. Baker

Themes: Rome • Ancient • Military

If The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Rome, Presidents & Heads of State, Ancient and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Mary Beard, Lindsay Powell, Simon Elliott, Julius Caesar, and others.