12 must-read ancient history books like Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus by Lindsay Powell

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Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus

By: Lindsay Powell

3.83

Format: 685 pages, Kindle Edition

Marcus Agrippa personified the term 'right-hand man'. As Emperor Augustus' deputy, he waged wars, p…

If you liked the ancient history plot in Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus by Lindsay Powell , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. The Punic Wars

By: Adrian Goldsworthy

4.19

Format: 412 pages, Hardcover

An impressive new historian of Roman warfare--highly praised by John Keegan--has written a thorough… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Goldsworthy's The Punic Wars book and Lindsay Powell's Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus

  • history
  • historical
  • military history
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
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2. Augustus: First Emperor of Rome

By: Adrian Goldsworthy

4.28

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

The dramatic story of Augustus, Rome’s first emperor, who plunged into Rome’s violent power struggl… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Goldsworthy's Augustus: First Emperor of Rome book and Lindsay Powell's Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus

  • roman
  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • ancient history
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"Personal hatreds and rivalry loomed larger in most senator's minds than the good of the Republic. [A big problem then and now]"

-Adrian Goldsworthy, Augustus: First Emperor of Rome

"For what is the life of a man, if it is not interwoven with the life of former generations by as sense of history. [Cicero, quoted by Goldsworthy in his Augustus]"

-Adrian Goldsworthy, Augustus: First Emperor of Rome

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3. The Twelve Caesars

By: Robert Graves , Michael Grant , Suetonius

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

As private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, Suetonius gained access to the imperial archives and u… read more

Similar categories in Robert Graves's The Twelve Caesars book and Lindsay Powell's Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus

  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
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4. The Wall: Rome's Greatest Frontier

By: Alistair Moffat

3.94

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Hadrian's Wall is the largest, most spectacular and one of the most enigmatic historical monuments … read more

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  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • ancient history
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5. The Last Gunfight: The Real Story of the Shootout at the O.K. Corral--And How It Changed The American West

By: Jeff Guinn

3.87

Format: 260 pages,

A New York Times bestseller, Jeff Guinn's definitive, myth-busting account of the most famous gunfi… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Guinn's The Last Gunfight: The Real Story of the Shootout at the O.K. Corral--And How It Changed The American West book and Lindsay Powell's Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus

  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction

6. The Civil War

By: Gaius Julius Caesar , Jane F. Gardner

3.36

Format: None pages, Paperback

A military leader of legendary genius, Caesar was also a great writer, recording the events of his … read more

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7. Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World

By: Paul Cartledge

3.69

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

In 480 BC, a huge Persian army, led by the inimitable King Xerxes, entered the mountain pass of The… read more

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8. The Discourses

By: Niccolò Machiavelli , Bernard Crick , None

3.17

Format: 55 pages, Paperback

Few figures in intellectual history have proved as notorious and ambiguous as Niccolo Machiavelli. … read more

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9. Caesar: Life of a Colossus

By: Adrian Goldsworthy

4.22

Format: 583 pages, Hardcover

Tracing the extraordinary trajectory of the great Roman emperor’s life, Goldsworthy covers not only… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Goldsworthy's Caesar: Life of a Colossus book and Lindsay Powell's Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus

  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • ancient history
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"Caesar was a serial seducer of married women."

-Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar: Life of a Colossus

"Pompey contented himself with repulsing the attack and made no attempt to assault Caesar's line. This was widely felt to have been a mistake... and Caesar declared that the enemy 'would have won toda…"

-Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar: Life of a Colossus

10. In Nelson's Wake: The Navy and the Napoleonic Wars

By: None

4.28

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Horatio Nelson's celebrated victory over the French at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 presented Br… read more

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11. Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician

By: Anthony Everitt

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

"All ages of the world have not produced a greater statesman and philosopher combined." --John Adam… read more

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12. 1415: Henry V's Year Of Glory

By: Ian Mortimer

4.03

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Henry V is regarded as the great English hero. Lionized in his own day for his victory at Agincourt… read more

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13. The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England

By: Dan Jones

3.25

Format: 198 pages, Hardcover

The first Plantagenet king inherited a blood-soaked kingdom from the Normans and transformed it int… read more

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14. Pax Romana

By: Adrian Goldsworthy

4.31

Format: 66 pages, Hardcover

For much of its thousand year history, Rome was an invincible power protected by the most formidabl… read more

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15. Legions of Rome: The Definitive History of Every Imperial Roman Legion

By: Stephen Dando-Collins

3.00

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

A complete history of every Imperial Roman legion and what it achieved as a fighting force. read more

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16. Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages

By: Dan Jones

4.41

Format: 636 pages, Hardcover

An epic reappraisal of the medieval world--and the rich and complicated legacy left to us by the ri… read more

Similar categories in Dan Jones's Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages book and Lindsay Powell's Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
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17. Sharpe's Command (Sharpe, #14)

By: Bernard Cornwell

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell returns to the early years of the nineteenth cen… read more

Similar categories in Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe's Command (Sharpe, #14) book and Lindsay Powell's Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus

  • historical
  • military history
Cover of Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine by Barry S. Strauss

18. Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine

By: Barry S. Strauss

3.97

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Barry Strauss tells the story of the Roman Empire from rise to reinvention, from Augustus, who foun… read more

Similar categories in Barry S. Strauss's Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine book and Lindsay Powell's Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus

  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
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19. Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar

By: Tom Holland

4.15

Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition

Author and historian Tom Holland returns to his roots in Roman history and the audience he cultivat… read more

Similar categories in Tom Holland's Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar book and Lindsay Powell's Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus

  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
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20. The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium

By: Barry S. Strauss

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A “splendid” ( The Wall Street Journal ) account of one of history’s most important and yet little-… read more

Similar categories in Barry S. Strauss's The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium book and Lindsay Powell's Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus

  • history
  • historical
  • military history
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
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21. The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis

By: Jeff Shaara

4.33

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara brings alive the heart-stopping days and nights of th… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Shaara's The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis book and Lindsay Powell's Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus

  • historical
Cover of The Princes in the Tower: Solving History's Greatest Cold Case by Philippa Langley

22. The Princes in the Tower: Solving History's Greatest Cold Case

By: Philippa Langley

3.67

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

In 1483, Edward V (age twelve) and his brother Richard, Duke of York (age nine), disappeared from t… read more

Similar categories in Philippa Langley's The Princes in the Tower: Solving History's Greatest Cold Case book and Lindsay Powell's Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus

  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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23. The Bookseller of Florence: The Story of the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance

By: Ross King

3.98

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

The Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings--the dazzli… read more

Similar categories in Ross King's The Bookseller of Florence: The Story of the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance book and Lindsay Powell's Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus

  • historical
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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24. How to Survive in Ancient Rome

By: L.J. Trafford

3.80

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Imagine you were transported back in time to Ancient Rome and you had to start a new life there. Ho… read more

Similar categories in L.J. Trafford's How to Survive in Ancient Rome book and Lindsay Powell's Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus

  • ancient history
  • history
  • nonfiction
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25. Before The Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe and What Lies Beyond

By: Laura Mersini-Houghton

4.06

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

"A riveting tour of the cosmos from one of the brightest minds in astrophysics." —The Washington Po… read more

Similar categories in Laura Mersini-Houghton's Before The Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe and What Lies Beyond book and Lindsay Powell's Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus

  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of Roman Britain's Missing Legion: What Really Happened to IX Hispana? by Simon Elliott

26. Roman Britain's Missing Legion: What Really Happened to IX Hispana?

By: Simon Elliott

3.89

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Legio IX Hispana had a long and active history, later founding York from where it guarded the north… read more

Similar categories in Simon Elliott's Roman Britain's Missing Legion: What Really Happened to IX Hispana? book and Lindsay Powell's Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus

  • ancient history
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • military history
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27. Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus

By: Lindsay Powell

3.83

Format: 685 pages, Kindle Edition

Marcus Agrippa personified the term 'right-hand man'. As Emperor Augustus' deputy, he waged wars, p… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Powell's Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus book and Lindsay Powell's Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus

  • roman
  • history
  • biography
  • historical
  • military history
  • ancient history
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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28. The Roman Emperor Aurelian: Restorer of the World

By: John F. White

3.88

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

The Roman Empire almost disintegrated in the 3rd Century AD, under the onslaught of barbarians and … read more

Similar categories in John F. White's The Roman Emperor Aurelian: Restorer of the World book and Lindsay Powell's Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus

  • roman
  • history
  • biography
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Making of Eastern Europe: From Prehistory to Postcommunism by Philip Longworth

29. The Making of Eastern Europe: From Prehistory to Postcommunism

By: Philip Longworth

3.84

Format: 453 pages, Kindle Edition

Why has the collapse of Communism resulted in so much disappointment for the hopeful millions of Ea… read more

Similar categories in Philip Longworth's The Making of Eastern Europe: From Prehistory to Postcommunism book and Lindsay Powell's Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus

  • history
  • nonfiction
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30. Amerikan Eagle

By: Alan Glenn

3.90

Format: 621 pages, Kindle Edition

It's 1943, ten years after the assassination of President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt. Germany is a… read more

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Cover of Fulvia: Playing for Power at the End of the Roman Republic (Women in Antiquity) by Celia E. Schultz

31. Fulvia: Playing for Power at the End of the Roman Republic (Women in Antiquity)

By: Celia E. Schultz

4.14

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Fulvia is the first full-length biography in English focused solely on Fulvia, who is best known as… read more

Similar categories in Celia E. Schultz's Fulvia: Playing for Power at the End of the Roman Republic (Women in Antiquity) book and Lindsay Powell's Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus

  • history
  • nonfiction

18 must-read history books like Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus by Lindsay Powell

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Adrian Goldsworthy

4.19

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Augustus: First Emperor of Rome

Adrian Goldsworthy

4.28

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The Twelve Caesars

Robert Graves , Michael Grant , Suetonius

4.33

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The Wall: Rome's Greatest Frontier

Alistair Moffat

3.94

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Philip Freeman

4.31

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Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization

Paul Kriwaczek

3.91

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Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West

Tom Holland

4.16

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