- Fiction, historical, Rome, fiction, Fiction, History
This historical fiction takes prominent Roman names of the time, and tells their tale in an astonishingly descriptive way. It follows the life of Gaius Marius, and his fellow Roman, Lucius Cornelius Sulla, and their struggles for power through war, politics, and blood.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and epic.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
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- Author
- Colleen McCullough
- First published
- August 1, 1992
- Pages
- 1056
- Publisher
- Goldmann, BCA, Arrow Books Ltd
- Editions
- 22
- Language
- German, Spanish, Russian, English
- ISBN
- 9780061582417
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“Having no personal commitment to either of the new consuls, Gaius Julius Caesar and his sons simply tacked themselves onto the procession which started nearest to their own house, the procession of the senior consul, Marcus Minucius Rufus.”
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