Masters of Rome: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Masters of Rome is a series of historical fiction novels by author Colleen McCullough (b. 1937) set in ancient Rome during the last days of the old Roman Republic; it primarily chronicles the lives and careers of Gaius Marius, Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Pompey the Great, Julius Caesar, and the early career of Caesar Augustus.

Other major historical figures who appear and play prominent parts in the series include Mithridates VI of Pontus, Quintus Sertorius, Spartacus, Marcus Licinius Crassus, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Marcus Porcius Cato, Vercingetorix, Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Mark Antony, and Cleopatra VII of Egypt. Each book in the series features a detailed glossary, hand-drawn illustrations of the major characters, and notes by McCullough detailing her reasoning for portraying certain events in certain ways.

The books of the series are:

• The First Man in Rome;
• The Grass Crown;
• Fortune's Favorites;
• Caesar's Women;
• Caesar; and
• The October Horse