Masters of Rome
Masters of Rome is a series of novels by Australian writer Colleen McCullough .
The English title means "The Lords of Rome" and refers to the central figures of the works which the leading figures of the Roman Empire in the years 110 BC. BC to 27 BC Were.
Works
The novel series originally comprised 6 works, some of which were published separately. The titles of the German translations and the original editions are:
- Power and Love ( The First Man in Rome ), 1990; is about Marius wars against Jugurtha and the Teutons (110 BC-100 BC)
- A crown of grass ( The Grass Crown ), 1991; is about the emergence of the alliance war and the death of Marius (98 BC-86 BC)
- Favorites of the Gods 1 - The Companions ( Fortune's Favorites ), 1993; is about the rise of Pompey and Caesar during Sulla's dictatorship
- Minions of the Gods 2 - The Mortal Enemies ( Fortune's Favorites ), 1993
- Caesars women ( Caesar's Women ), 1996; 68 BC BC-58 BC Chr.
- Rubicon ( Caesar ), 1997; deals with the years from 54 BC Until Pompey's death in 48 BC. Chr.
- The Legacy of Caesar ( The October Horse ), 2002; is about Caesar's murder in 44 BC And the persecution of the murderers by Octavian and Marcus Antonius
- Antony and Cleopatra ; 2007
Acting main characters
In the first two novels, Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Sulla are the central characters. According to this, it is Gaius Iulius Caesar and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (up to "Rubicon" ).
The Julii
- Gaius Iulius Caesar, Caesar's grandfather, father of Sextus Iulius Caesar and Gaius Iulius Caesar and Iulia (as well as in the novel of Julilla)
- Julia , the wife of Marius
- Iulia Minor, called Julilla - in the novels the first wife of Sulla, mother of the son and daughter of Sulla (no historically proven connection, Sulla's wife was called Iulia, but it is unclear which family she belonged to)
- Gaius Iulius Caesar , father of Caesar and Iulia , great-grandfather of Augustus
- Aurelia , mother of Caesar, came from the Cotta family
- Iulia (also Iulia Major), sister of Caesar, wife of Marcus Atius Balbus , mother of the two Atia
- Gaius Iulius Caesar , triumvir and later dictator
- Cornelia "Cinnilla" , Caesar's first wife, daughter of Lucius Cornelius Cinna
- Iulia , daughter of Caesar and Cornelia, fourth wife of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
- Pompeia Sulla , second wife of Caesar, granddaughter of Sulla
The Pompeii
- Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo , father of Pompey
- Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus , (commonly referred to as Pompeius), member of the triumvirate, son-in-law of Sulla and Caesar
- Aemilia Scaura , second wife of Pompey, daughter of Marcus Aemilius Scaurus
- Mucia Tertia , third wife of Pompey, daughter-in-law of Gaius Marius , wife of Gaius Marius the Younger
- Sextus Pompeius , second son of Pompey and Murcia Tertias
The Cornelii
- Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix , called Sulla
- Iulia Minor, called Julilla - in the novels the first wife of Sulla, mother of the son and daughter of Sulla (no historically proven connection, Sulla's wife was called Iulia, but it is unclear which family she belonged to)
- Faustus Cornelius Sulla , son of Sulla
The Marius family
- Gaius Marius , called Marius
- Julia , the wife of Marius
- Gaius Marius the Younger , the son of Marius
- Mucia Tertia , wife of Gaius Marius the Younger
- Marcus Marius Gratidianus , nephew of Marius
Other important people
- Publius Rutilius Rufus
- Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus and his son
- Marcus Aemilius Scaurus father and son
- Marcus Livius Drusus
- Servilia Caepionis
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
- Marcus Porcius Cato
- Titus Pomponius Atticus , called Atticus
Content
The first two volumes deal with the rise of Marius and Sulla as well as their later enmity after the war of allies . The following describes the rise of Caesar under Sulla's dictatorship and the campaigns of Pompey. "Rubicon" is dedicated to Caesar's victory in Gaul and the crossing of the river , "Caesar's legacy" ends with the death of his co-murderers Brutus and Cassius at the Battle of Philippi .