What to Read After Hadrian
Readers who loved Hadrian by Anthony Everitt keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Hadrian is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Hadrian
Caesar
The ghosts of Cannae
The Poison King
The Spartacus war
Cicero
Rome's Last Citizen
Caesar
Caesar's Legion
The rise of Rome
Augustus
Chronicle of the Roman Republic
The ides of March
Chronicle of the Roman emperors
Helen of Troy
The birth of classical Europe
The Assassination of Julius Caesar
The Roman revolution.
Thermopylae
The Roman Triumph
Fall of the Roman Empire
Carthage must be destroyed
The Punic wars
Augustus
The history of the ancient world