CONN IGGULDEN taught English for seven years before becoming a full-time writer.

He lives in Hertfordshire, England, with his wife and their children.

Also by Conn Iggulden

BY CONN IGGULDEN

Emperor: The Gates of Rome

Emperor: The Death of Kings

Emperor: The Field of Swords

Emperor: The Gods of War

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EMPEROR: THE GODS OF WAR

A Delacorte Press Book / April 2006

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 © 2006 by Conn Iggulden

Title page art: Caesar © Bettmann/CORBIS

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 gods of war / Conn Iggulden.

p.         cm. — (Emperor series ; v. 4)

1. Caesar, Julius—Fiction.         2. Rome—History—Civil War, 49–45 B.C.—Fiction.         3. Emperors—Fiction.         I. Title.

PR6109.G47E475         2006

823'.92—dc22

2005051947

Published simultaneously in Canada

eISBN: 978-0-440-33592-4

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