John Maddox Roberts: The Seven Hills (USA 2006)

From the Publisher:
John Maddox Roberts's "provocative" Hannibal's Children answered the fascinating question "What if Rome fell to Carthage, then rose again?" Now, the Romans' victory is complete -- but their legendary unity will be tested...

ROME COULD NOT BE DEFEATED.
Never before has a nation vanished, only to reappear more than a hundred years later. But with quickness, absolute determination, and military strength, the legionaries have reclaimed from the Carthaginians their ancestral homeland, the "seven hills" of Rome itself.

BUT CAN THE EMPIRE WITHSTAND VICTORY?
Though he is the hero of Rome's resurrection, Marcus Cornelius Scipio does not have every Roman's loyalty. His old rival Titus Norbanus is plotting against him, striving to overtake Marcus as Rome's greatest military genius. Embodying the patrician values of discipline and self-sacrifice, Marcus must fight to win the hearts of his countrymen-and to defend his reborn empire to the death...

John Maddox Roberts: The Seven Hills. The Roman Empire has been reborn. And history will never be the same... Ace Books, ISBN: 0441013805 (February, 2006), 359 p., $7.99.

John Maddox Roberts: The Seven Hills (USA 2005)

From the Publisher:
"[Roberts] iş perfectly at home in the sprawl of ancient Rome." -- Publishers Weekly
John Maddox Roberts's "provocative" Hannibal's Children, answered the fascinating question "What if Rome fell to Carthage, then rose again?" Now, the Romans' victory is complete but their legendary unity will be tested...

Never before has a nation vanished, only to reappear more than a hundred years later. But with quickness, absolute determination, and military strength, the legionaries have reclaimed from the Carthaginians their ancestral homeland, the "seven hills" of Rome itself.

Led by Marcus Cornelius Scipio, the Romans know better than to make the mistake made by Hannibal, who stopped short of absolute victory and left enough Romans alive to rebuild. But Marcus does not have every Roman's loyalty. His old rival Titus Norbanus is plotting against him, striving to overtake Marcus as Rome's greatest military genius. Embodying the patrician values of discipline and self-sacrifice, Marcus must fight to win the hearts of his countrymen-and to defend his reborn empire to the death...

John Maddox Roberts: The Seven Hills. Ace Books, ISBN: 0441012450 (March, 2005), 362 p., $23.95.