Caesar Ascending Books in Order

In an alternative history where Julius Caesar survived assassination, Rome's conquering army reaches the Japanese islands. Titus Pullus and his fellow legionaries confront warriors devoted to their emperor, testing whether Caesar's relentless eastern expansion has finally reached its limit.

Having survived the Ides of March, Julius Caesar launches his planned invasion of Parthia with tactics designed to defeat its cavalry. Titus Pullus and the Tenth Legion face an enemy equally determined to avoid repeating the Romans' earlier disaster.

After taking major Parthian cities, Caesar seeks a decisive confrontation with King Phraates. Titus Pullus's legion must also face Roman survivors now serving the enemy, raising doubts about whether old loyalties can survive a decade of captivity.

After conquering Parthia, Caesar marches into India, intent on surpassing Alexander's achievements. Titus Pullus and the Tenth Legion face armored elephants, an unfamiliar land, and resistance within their own army when the campaign's true scope becomes clear.

Caesar's Indian campaign stalls amid mutiny and rebellion in Parthia, leaving Titus Pullus responsible for troops stranded at Bharuch. An exiled king's alliance with Pandya threatens the city while the Romans struggle to maintain discipline far from home.

Caesar's surviving legions face their final challenge in the Japanese islands after years of eastern conquest. This continuation of the expanded alternate history brings the campaign and its accumulated character conflicts toward resolution, imagining the consequences of Rome's extraordinary reach.

Determined to reach the Ganges, Caesar combines diplomacy and warfare across southern India. The death of a royal heir intensifies local hostility, while Titus Pullus and the legionaries face a growing test of loyalty as the march continues east.

Caesar's army presses through hostile jungle toward the Han Empire as another mutiny threatens his ambitions. An encounter with imperial envoys produces a bargain for supplies and territory, entangling Roman conquest with the Chinese emperor's own political problems.