The First Man in Rome (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of The First Man in Rome Saturday, August 1 2009.

• When the world cowered before the legions of Rome, two extraordinary men dreamed of personal glory: the military genius and wealthy rural "upstart" Marius, and Sulla, penniless and debauched but of aristocratic birth. Men of exceptional vision, courage, cunning, and ruthless ambition, separately they faced the insurmountable opposition of powerful, vindictive foes. Yet allied they could answer the treachery of rivals, lovers, enemy generals, and senatorial vipers with intricate and merciless machinations of their own -- to achieve in the end a bloody and splendid foretold destiny ... and win the most coveted honor the Republic could bestow.

Shelfari edited the contributors of The First Man in Rome Wednesday, July 22 2009.

• Added a contributor: Colleen McCullough: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of The First Man in Rome Thursday, July 16 2009.

• Having no personal commitment to either of the new consuls, Gaius Julius Caesar and his sons simply tacked themselves onto the procession which started nearest to their own house, the procession of the senior consul, Marcus Minucius Rufus.