Harry Sidebottom

ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BEST BOOKS OF 2025 See ancient Rome through the eyes of a gladiator—from the evening before the games at the Colosseum to the evening after "A grippingly original way of making the alien world of the Roman Amphitheatre both accessible and comprehensible." —Tom...

AD 262: The Roman Imperium is in turmoil after the struggle for the throne that brought Gallienus to power....

In A.D. 256, the specter of treachery hangs ominously over the Roman Empire....

A.D. 255. The Roman imperium is stretched to the breaking point, its authority and might challenged throughout the territories and along every border....

In the fifth novel in Harry Sidebottom’s acclaimed and best selling Warrior of Rome historical fiction series, Ballista returns to undertake yet another epic mission - while the Roman Empire reels in chaos around him....

On 8 June 218 AD, a fourteen-year-old Syrian boy, egged on by his grandmother, led an army to battle in a Roman civil war. Against all expectations, he was victorious....

Greek and Roman warfare was unlike that of any other culture before or since. The key difference is often held to be that the Greeks and Romans practiced a "Western Way of War", in which the aim is an open, decisive battle - won by courage instilled, in part, by discipline....

In AD 264, the Roman Empire has been torn in two. The western provinces - Gaul, Spain, and Britain - have been seized by Postumus, the pretender to the throne....

Sie sind in der Unterzahl, doch sie verlieren nie den Mut... Rom, im Jahr 255. Von allen Seiten stoßen die Feinde Roms vor, um sich Teile des...