Books like The Gladiator by Harry Turtledove

An aquarius engineer witnesses the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and its tragic aftermath in 79 AD.

Colleen McCullough’s sweeping historical novel follows Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Sulla in the violent politics and wars of early Republican Rome, illustrating how ambition and conflict shaped the Republic’s leaders.

331 pages ; 24 cm

Mermaid Annika on a quest for the fallen stars crosses paths with the traveler Sawyer King on the island of Capri, where hidden powers and looming enemies stir their hearts.

When the young Cicero enlists Gordianus the Finder, the seasoned detective must unravel a patricide case that pits ambition against justice in ancient Rome.

A history student attempts to rewrite history by preventing Adolf Hitler's birth, only to find his meddling leads to a more powerful dictator and an accelerated atomic age—until he reverts the change to restore the original timeline.

When the USS Walker is pulled through a mysterious rift during WWII, it finds allies and enemies in a strange world where mammalian Lemurians face reptilian Grik and a Japanese battleship named Amagi bears a deadly secret.

A small town in the past finds itself caught in the middle of a time-travel adventure gone wrong.

In the heat of the air war over Europe, Captain Joe Farley and his B‑17 crew are thrown into a time‑bending conflict as they navigate treacherous skies, ancient civilizations, and deadly weapons to survive.

Time‑traveling West Virginians arrive in 17th‑century Europe and become caught in the Baltic War, as Sweden’s Gustavus Adolphus clashes with the combined forces of France, Spain, England, and Denmark.

In War Times follows Sam Dance, a 1941 enlisted soldier who learns advanced physics and code‑breaking while training. After Pearl Harbor, he is recruited for critical Allied missions and works with a mysterious female physicist on a device that could stop World War II—and alter history.

A Roman noblewoman, Julia Antonia, must confront the alluring danger of Valens, a former gladiator sold into slavery, as society’s strict boundaries blur over passion and survival.

After a 1967 nuclear war disrupts civilization, the novel follows a Crosstime Traffic team in a post‑apocalyptic Los Angeles, now split between the Kingdom of Westside and the Kingdom of the Valley, as they seek answers in the ruined UCLA library.

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This is the extraordinary and true account of the Roman Games and the gladiators who fought and died in the cruelest, costliest spectacles of all time!

The action-packed new novel featuring Roman army officers Macro and Cato from Sunday Times bestselling author Simon ScarrowWhile centurions Macro and Cato are returning to Rome from a harrowing campaign against the Parthians, their transport ship is almost capsized by a tidal wave. They barely make it to the port of Matala in Crete where they are stunned to find a devastated town. An earthquake has struck the island, destroying its cities and killing thousands. In the chaotic aftermath, large bands of the island's slaves begin to revolt and local bandits, taking advantage of the slave rebellion, urge the Cretans to overthrow the Roman administration. With many of the island's troops either killed or wounded during the earthquake, the governor of the province calls on Macro and Cato for help. Can they move swiftly enough to counter the rebellion before it sweeps the Romans from the island?