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Adrian Goldsworthy

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Cardiff, The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.adriangoldsworthy.com

Genre

History, Historical Fiction, Biography

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Adrian Goldsworthy, born in 1969, is the author of numerous acclaimed books, including biographies of Julius Caesar and Augustus. He lectures widely and consults on historical documentaries for the History Channel, National Geographic, and the BBC. He lives in the UK.

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Adrian Goldsworthy’s books

Average rating: 4.16 · 48,131 ratings · 3,455 reviews · 47 distinct works • Similar authors

	Caesar: Life of a Colossus 4.23 avg rating — 12,784 ratings — published 1977 — 73 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Augustus: First Emperor of Rome 4.28 avg rating — 4,705 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Punic Wars 4.20 avg rating — 4,311 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower 4.01 avg rating — 3,109 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vindolanda (Vindolanda, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,886 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Name of Rome: The Men Who Won the Roman Empire 4.11 avg rating — 2,327 ratings — published 2003 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors 4.35 avg rating — 2,113 ratings — published 2020 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pax Romana 3.95 avg rating — 2,220 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fort (City of Victory #1) 4.14 avg rating — 1,555 ratings — published 2021 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Encircling Sea (Vindolanda, #2) 4.19 avg rating — 1,515 ratings — published 2018 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Vindolanda (3 books)
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City of Victory (3 books)
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Napoleonic Wars (6 books)
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Quotes by Adrian Goldsworthy (?)

“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

tags: cicero, history

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“It is common for those who flourish under any system to feel that the failure of others is deserved.”
― Adrian Goldsworthy, Caesar: Life of a Colossus

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“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

tags: politics, rome

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