Sorry it has taken so long to respond with a list of historical
Roman fiction...
The Antagonist by Ernest Gann is about the siege of Masada and is most excellent.
The Light Bearer by Donna
Gillespie is about Domitian's Chattian war and is very enjoyable.
Domitia and
Domitian by David Corson is one of the most historically accurate novels I've ever read....a wonderful book.
Pompeii by
Robert Harris gives a vivid account of the Vesuvian eruption.
Some others I highly recommend:
An Imaginary Life by David Malouf....a tale of Ovid's exile.
The Centurions by Damion
Hunter....Army life circa 70's A.D.
I,
claudius by
Robert graves
The Golden Ass translated by
Robert Graves
Under the
Eagle (series) by Simon Scarrow....invasion of
BritainMons Graupius by
Robert Clifton-Wallace....Agricola/Britain
The Illusionist by Anita Mason....Simon the magician
Memoirs of
Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar
Josephus by
Lion Feuchtwanger.... The
Jewish Revolt
Despite being a big fan of the
Flavian era, I've never been able to warm up to the Lindsay
Davis Falco series...it just reads too modern.