Imperium
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Imperium
| Full title | Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome |
|---|---|
| Author | Robert Harris |
| Published | 2006 |
| Pages | 384 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | The first volume of Harris’s Cicero trilogy — Imperium, Lustrum and Dictator — narrated by Cicero’s slave and secretary Tiro, and effectively a novel about how political power is assembled from nothing but speech. |
Where I heard about it
- Replies to @typesfast — the Cicero trilogy was named in the answers to his question “What’s the best history book you’ve read?” (the thread, June 2025). The full list of replies is on What’s the best history book… (tweet).
Connections
- What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the saved thread this recommendation came from.
- Historical Fiction
- Cicero
- Rome
What links here
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