I enjoyed the miniseries adaptation starring Derek Jacobi. I guess I identified with Claudius as the unappreciated nerd in his family who finally winds up with some respect and recognition just through the attrition of the other men in his Julio-Claudian family.
If you are after descriptions of society in those days, try “Quo Vadis” by Henryk Sienkiewicz. Historical fiction about early days of Christianity, won a Nobel Prize for literature. Strong religious themes.
I happen to greatly enjoy Rosemary Sutcliff’s historical novels. I’m not an expert on Roman or Anglo-Saxon cultures (that’s where most of her novels are set), but as far as I can tell they’re pretty accurate. They give a pretty good feel for what it must have actually been like to live back then.
Could someone point me towards good fictional stories set in Roman times, like those by Kipling in Puck...? Thank you. (Edit: spelling)
I, Claudius by Robert Graves
I enjoyed the miniseries adaptation starring Derek Jacobi. I guess I identified with Claudius as the unappreciated nerd in his family who finally winds up with some respect and recognition just through the attrition of the other men in his Julio-Claudian family.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiction_set_in_ancient_Rome
The Golden Ass
If you are after descriptions of society in those days, try “Quo Vadis” by Henryk Sienkiewicz. Historical fiction about early days of Christianity, won a Nobel Prize for literature. Strong religious themes.
Feuchtwanger’s novels on the Judean war set during early Christianity were also interesting.
Lest Darkness Fall
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lest_Darkness_Fall
I happen to greatly enjoy Rosemary Sutcliff’s historical novels. I’m not an expert on Roman or Anglo-Saxon cultures (that’s where most of her novels are set), but as far as I can tell they’re pretty accurate. They give a pretty good feel for what it must have actually been like to live back then.
Thank you. I think I saw her books in shops here.
Well there is this little classic that is apparently being made into a movie https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k067x/could_i_destroy_the_entire_roman_empire_during/c2giwm4
Household Gods
The Ides of March by Wilder