Best historical fiction set in the ancient world

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9,383 members
171 reviews
4.2
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5,644 members
129 reviews
4.2
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3,284 members
65 reviews
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55 reviews
3.9
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4,301 members
44 reviews
4.1
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17,227 members
396 reviews
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26 reviews
4.1
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32 reviews
½ 3.7
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122 reviews
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2,875 members
56 reviews
½ 3.6
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155 reviews
½ 3.6
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40 reviews
4.1
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28 reviews
3.9
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706 members
86 reviews
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65 reviews
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880 members
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96 reviews
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38 reviews
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24 reviews
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1,308 members
79 reviews
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2,273 members
58 reviews
½ 4.3
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1,395 members
22 reviews
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3,367 members
60 reviews
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3,930 members
130 reviews
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14,447 members
524 reviews
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177 members
4 reviews
½ 3.6
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444 members
16 reviews
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300 members
9 reviews
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31 reviews
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732 members
14 reviews
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89 reviews
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11 reviews
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392 members
6 reviews
½ 3.5
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longway, thorold
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764 members
19 reviews
4.1
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2,727 members
37 reviews
3.8
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1,274 members
23 reviews
3.9
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belgrade18, NinieB
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71 members
3 reviews
3.1
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pitjrw, spiphany
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5,546 members
92 reviews
3.8
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roby72, al.vick
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1,567 members
42 reviews
3.8
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2,694 members
49 reviews
4
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LISandKL, al.vick
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664 members
21 reviews
½ 3.7
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1,361 members
25 reviews
4.2
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1,205 members
30 reviews
3.9
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1,229 members
65 reviews
½ 3.7
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1,447 members
39 reviews
3.8
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2,434 members
82 reviews
3.8
3 Members
belgrade18, Steven.Eldredge, Rusty37,aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith : I found this very glib
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968 members
17 reviews
½ 3.7
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202 members
1 review
3.8
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1,665 members
50 reviews
4.2
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pitjrw
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866 members
11 reviews
½ 3.5
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Noisy
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620 members
8 reviews
3.9
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Rusty37
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260 members
12 reviews
½ 3.5
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Edward
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138 members
14 reviews
4
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LISandKL
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40 members
5 reviews
½ 2.6
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mkbird
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6 members
5
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Di.HDRN
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277 members
16 reviews
4.1
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1,136 members
15 reviews
3.8
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1,043 members
15 reviews
½ 3.7
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487 members
11 reviews
3.9
2 Members
thecoroner, FranzK72,spiphany
Explanations
spiphany : Wolf's ideological agenda gets in the way of this being either great literature or great historical fiction.
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340 members
26 reviews
3.9
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LISandKL
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284 members
8 reviews
3.8
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Rusty37
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640 members
11 reviews
½ 3.7
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578 members
67 reviews
½ 3.7
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292 members
4 reviews
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Rusty37
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115 members
4 reviews
½ 3.6
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Deslilla
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70 members
7 reviews
½ 4.4
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LISandKL
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175 members
1 review
4.1
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Rusty37
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122 members
15 reviews
4.2
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LISandKL
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113 members
1 review
½ 4.3
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4 members
5
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Deslilla
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618 members
28 reviews
½ 3.7
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405 members
6 reviews
½ 3.7
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Rusty37
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206 members
10 reviews
4.1
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96 members
3 reviews
4.2
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al.vick
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1,689 members
49 reviews
½ 3.7
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LISandKL
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1,283 members
70 reviews
½ 3.6
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494 members
3 reviews
4
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Rusty37
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781 members
18 reviews
3.8
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Rusty37
80
566 members
52 reviews
½ 4.6
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_Zoe_
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224 members
5 reviews
4.1
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longway
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225 members
7 reviews
4.1
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pitjrw
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19 members
1 review
3.8
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Rusty37
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2,340 members
16 reviews
4
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spiphany
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561 members
4 reviews
3.9
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Rusty37
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127 members
1 review
½ 3.6
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ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
ManWithAnAgenda: It's not good, at all, but does take place in Roman Britain
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59 members
1 review
½ 3.4
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spiphany
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51 members
3 reviews
½ 3.4
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spiphany
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49 members
1 review
3.8
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pitjrw
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41 members
2 reviews
3.9
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spiphany
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21 members
1 review
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spiphany
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11 members
4
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spiphany
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spiphany
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366 members
5 reviews
4
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Rusty37
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31 members
3.8
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289 members
2 reviews
3.8
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Rusty37
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168 members
3 reviews
½ 3.6
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753 members
14 reviews
½ 3.5
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pitjrw
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263 members
6 reviews
½ 3.4
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3 members
½ 3.5
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longway