The minutiae of Roman lives were very much as I have portrayed them, from the birthing chair and jewelry making to the manner and customs of a Roman court, for which I owe a debt to The Elements of Roman Law by R. W. Lee.

The events of the books to come will, I hope, be made richer by knowing what has gone before.

C. IGGULDEN

About the Author

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Conn Iggulden is the acclaimed author of Emperor: The Gates of Rome, the first novel in the Emperor series. He lives with his wife and two children in Hertfordshire, England.

Other Books By This Author

BY CONN IGGULDEN

Emperor: The Gates of Rome

Emperor: The Death of Kings

Copyright

EMPEROR: THE DEATH OF KINGS

A Delacorte Press Book / March 2004

Published by

Bantam Dell

A Division of Random House, Inc.

New York, New York

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2004 by Conn Iggulden

Title page art © Bettman/CORBIS

No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the written permission of the publisher, except where permitted by law.

Delacorte Press is a registered trademark of Random House, Inc., and the colophon is a trademark of Random House, Inc.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Iggulden, Conn.

Emperor : the death of kings / Conn Iggulden.

p. cm.—(Emperor series ;)

1. Caesar, Julius—Fiction. 2. Rome—History—Servile Wars, 135–71 B.C.—Fiction. 3. Rome—History, Military—265–30 B.C.—Fiction. 4. Brutus, Marcus Junius, 85?–42 B.C.—Fiction. 5. Spartacus, d. 71 B.C.—Fiction. 6. Romans—Africa, North—Fiction. 7. Africa, North—Fiction. 8. Generals—Fiction. I. Title: Death of kings. II. Title.

PR6109.G47E465 2004

823'.92—dc22 2003055547

Published simultaneously in Canada

eISBN: 978-0-440-33480-4

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