Historical Fiction and Ancient Rome. Colleen McCullough’s 'Masters Of Rome' Series

This paper has a twofold aim. First of all, the idea is to provide an exhaustive bibliographical overview of historical novels set in the period between the Roman civil wars and AD 476. Secondly, it focuses on the life and works of the writer Colleen McCullough, with an in-depth analysis of her series of historical novels entitled “Masters of Rome”, which narrates the events between the conflict between Marius and Sulla and the civil war fought between Octavian and Mark Antony.
Gordillo Hervás Rocío. Historical Fiction and Ancient Rome. Colleen McCullough’s “Masters Of Rome” Series. In: The Present of Antiquity. Reception, Recovery, Reinvention of the Ancient World in Current Popular Culture.