Empire Reading Order: Anthony Riches's Roman Series

Anthony Riches’s Empire series is muscular Roman military historical fiction — a young Roman aristocrat, Marcus Aquila, flees a death sentence to serve incognito with the legions on the brutal frontier of Britannia and beyond. Visceral and propulsive. Read strictly in publication order.

The complete reading order

1. Wounds of Honour (2009)
2. Arrows of Fury (2010)
3. Fortress of Spears (2011)
4. The Leopard Sword (2012)
5. The Wolf’s Gold (2012)
6. The Emperor’s Knives (2014)
7. The Eagle’s Vengeance (2014)
8. Thunder of the Gods (2015)
9. Altar of Blood (2016)
10. The Scorpion’s Strike (2019)
11. River of Gold (2020)
12. Vengeance (2022)
13. Storm of War (2023)
14. Clash of Legions (2024)
15. Empire XV: Field of Blood (2026)

The series is best read in publication order.

Where to start

Wounds of Honour (book one). Blood-and-sandals historical fiction for fans of Simon Scarrow and Bernard Cornwell.

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