Ancient Rome Trilogy Books in Order

Imperium opens the Cicero trilogy, with his secretary Tiro narrating the rise of an ambitious young lawyer from provincial outsider to Roman power-broker. Courtroom showdowns, backroom deals and dangerous enemies build toward Cicero’s first bid for real power in the brutal politics of the Republic.

On the eve of becoming Rome’s consul, Cicero is confronted with a brutal killing and mounting unrest. Trapped between hostile political factions and an assassination plot, he must use every advantage he has to defend his life and the Republic.

Dictator concludes the Cicero trilogy, following his final fifteen years through exile, uneasy return and the rise of Caesar and then Octavian. Tiro’s narrative shows a gifted orator trying to save a collapsing Republic, even as shifting alliances bring Cicero closer to his own destruction.