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  • Bibliography:
    13 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    August 2014
  • Latest Book:
    June 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Carbo of Rome

1 - Watchmen of Rome (Aug-2014)
2 - Bandits of Rome (Aug-2015)
2.5 - Carbo and the Thief (Apr-2018)
3 - Killer of Rome (Jul-2021)

Imperial Assassin

1 - Emperor's Sword (Jun-2019)
2 - Emperor's Knife (Nov-2019)
3 - Emperor's Axe (Apr-2020)
3.5 - Who All Die (Aug-2020)
4 - Emperor's Spear (Jan-2021)
5 - Emperor's Lion (Jun-2022)
6 - Emperor's Fate (Nov-2022)

Mark Antony

1 - Caesar's Soldier (Jun-2023)
2 - Caesar's General (Jun-2024)

Book List in Order: 13 titles



  • After twenty-five long years serving in the Roman Legions, Carbo returns to Rome to retire in peace. Life has moved on in the time he’s been at the front, and he finds himself friendless and homeless.But when he comes across Rufa, a childhood frien...



  • Escaping the traumas of Rome for the quiet Italian countryside with those closest to him seems like the perfect solution to Carbo, but the rolling hills harbour a threat he could not have foreseen. When bandits attack, tragedy strikes and Carbo must ...



  • The road to Rome is long and full of peril.Following his retirement, ex-legionnaire Carbo journeys back to Rome, blissfully unaware of the dangers that await him there. On the way he encounters many adventures, strives to solve a mysterious theft, an...



  • A desolate wasteland. A mission gone wrong. An impossible goal. A gripping new series of Ancient RomeRoman scout Silus is deep behind enemy lines in Caledonia. As he spies on a raiding party, he is abruptly discovered by an enemy chief and his son.Mo...



  • Brothers. Emperors. Deadly enemies… An unputdownable novel of intrigue and combat in Rome.Emperor Severus is on his deathbed. His sons Geta and Caracalla, feuding in Britannia, are readying for a devastating power struggle.Silus, now a centurion in...



  • The fate of Rome, and thousands of lives, rests on the shoulders of one man. After murdering his brother, and taking the position of Emperor for himself, Caracalla orders a brutal purge of the supporters of Geta. Meanwhile, Caracalla's...



  • A devastating disease threatens the might of Rome... Marcus Oclatinius Adventus, later Spymaster to Emperor Caracalla, was once but a mere soldier, fighting for the Empire against the Parthians. Upon their journey back home, the men slowly but surely...



  • An intense novel of war at the Roman frontier. On the Empire's Northern border trouble is stirring. For decades the barbarians have been at the gates. Now, facing threats from within as well as outside, the Emperor is provoking war. When his friend&#...



  • Carbo returns in an unputdownable novel of murder and mystery in ancient RomeAfter years of captivity and torture by German barbarians, former legionary Cicurinus’ ordeal should be over.Hearing of the legendary Carbo, he returns to Rome to seek out...






  • A single death could plunge the Empire into chaos.Silus, member of Emperor Caracalla's elite assassins, the Arcani, is dispatched to Numidia. Rumours of assassination plots against Marcellus, the Emperor's closest aide, are rife. Silus must stop the...



  • Massacres, invasions, plots. An Emperor on the edge. An Empire in peril.Caracalla is on the warpath. Time, he has decided, to put his enemies in their place. To invade the Parthians at the edge of the Empire. To destroy everything in his way.For Impe...




  • Rome will never be the same again…The empire is at a crisis point. Caesar, Rome’s greatest general and conqueror of Gaul, now faces being stripped of his command and dragged back to Italy for prosecution by his enemies.His former ally, Pompey, ha...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Alex Gough has published 13 books.

The next book by Alex Gough, Caesar's General, will be published in June 2024.

The first book by Alex Gough, Watchmen of Rome, was published in August 2014.

Yes. Alex Gough has 3 series.