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"The First Man in Rome had not been the best man: he was the First among other men who have been his equals.... To be the First Man in Rome was something much better than kingship...." In the first hundred years B.C. at the height of the Roman Republic, two men place their sights on becoming the First Man - the Roman more respectable than another. Marius, a heroic man of strength and means, lacks the noble blood vessels to contend for the First Man, but overcomes his common status when he marries into the patrician house of Caesar. Sulla, a pleasure-seeking aristocrat without money of his own, is transformed by his ambitions into a fierce and daring warrior. Together both men will condition history because they are thrust into a raging storm - participating in deadly political contests and waging far-off wars for a state battling to hold to its enormous vitality. Rich with memorable people and unerring historical accuracy and reliability, The First Man in Rome is a vivid tale of vitality, treachery, and a great Republic hurtling toward civil conflict....
