Ancient world, to 500 AD

3 books

Aurelian; or, Rome in the Third CenturyWilliam Ware · 1838An 1838 historical novel in epistolary form, told through letters from the Roman Lucius Manlius Piso to Fausta of Palmyra. A sequel to Zenobia, it follows a narrator's collection of these letters, depicting third-century Roman life and the rise of Christianity.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of NeroHenryk Sienkiewicz · 1896A historical novel, translated from Polish, set in Rome during the reign of Nero. It follows Petronius and young Marcus Vinicius amid imperial court intrigue and the early conflict between Christianity and the Roman Empire.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Last Days of PompeiiEdward Bulwer Lytton · 1834A historical novel from 1834 set in ancient Pompeii, depicting the leisure, luxury, and social life of the Roman city through figures such as the Athenian Glaucus, in the era before its destruction.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية