Does anyone have some suggestions for historical fictions about people/civilizations from long ago?

Right now I'm reading a series based on Julius Caesar, and I'm really enjoying it. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/330947.The_Gates_of_Rome

Next, I'm going to start one of two books, either one about the Aztecs or Marco Polo:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/550454.Aztec?from%5Fsearch=true
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79155.The_Journeyer?from%5Fsearch=true

Then the guy who wrote the Emperor series also did a series for Genghis Khan I might look into.

Anyways, any suggestions?
Thanks!

/e Topics from the 18th century on, I'm not really interested in, just the old stuff xD

This post was edited by furbyjs on Nov 2 2013 12:27pm

Lies of Locke Lamora I've been hearing good things about *cough*



https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/578428.Under_the_Eagle

Perhaps? I think I've been checking it out in my local book store, but not sure if it was that one :/ Can't remember name

No idea honestly :<

Hmm, there was a Cato in the series I'm reading now, not sure if it's supposed to represent the same person though.
Thanks for the suggestion though.

There are so many books I want to read, just have to decide in what order to read them.

Bernard Cornwell does a lot of great stuff. His Saxon Tales are great (King Alfred the Great and the Viking invasions ( ~850-900+)). Then he has a King Arthur series which is solid.
Then pretty much all of his stand alone books in the late medieval period are fantastic (Agincourt, 1356, etc) if you're into medieval era books. Pretty accurate as well, in terms of it gives you a proper idea of how the battles were fought, what the knights used, etc. Pretty gritty and realistic as well, in the way that the characters are very human.

David Gemmells Troy Series & Lion of Macedon are good

I, Claudius by Robert Graves.

It spans from the reign of Emperor Augustus to the death of Emperor Claudius, Augustus' grandson. It illustrates the corruption and power struggles in Rome's royal family. It is only semi-fictitious, everything that can be known about the time and the people involved is accurate, Graves just used artistic license to put it all together into a story.

It was made into a BBC television series in 1976 which is, believe it or not, excellent. I just checked and it has an IMDB rating of 8.9/10, I own it and have watched it through atleast 3 times.

Stars include a young Jean-Luc Picard(Patrick Stewart )