num_pages: 896
description: From the bestselling author of The Thorn Birds comes a masterpiece of historical fiction that is fascinating, moving, and gloriously heroic. The reader is swept into the whirlpool of pageantry, passion, splendor, chaos and earth-shattering upheaval that was ancient Rome. Here is the story of Marius, wealthy but lowborn, and Sulla, aristocratic but penniless and debauched -- extraordinary men of vision whose ruthless ambition will lay the foundations of the most awesome and enduring empire known to humankind.A towering saga of great events and mortal frailties, it is peopled with a vast, and vivid cast of unforgettable men and women -- soldiers and senators, mistresses and wives, kings and commoners -- combined in a richly embroidered human tapestry to bring a remarkable era to bold and breathtaking life.
language: English
title: The First Man in Rome
titlecomplete: The First Man in Rome (Masters of Rome, #1)
characters: Gaius Marius, Lucius Cornelius Sulla
genres: Politics, Historical, Historical Fiction, Ancient History, Novels, Roman, Italy, Epic, War, Fiction
ratings_count: 22508
places: Rome
series: Gospodari Rima, Masters of Rome
publisher: William Morrow & Company (NYC)