r/ancientrome is a subreddit with 344k members. The community frequently discusses rome, roman, history, emperor, and ancient, and they frequently recommend/review documentaries, historical fiction, and fiction books, and the most common flair used is possibly innaccurate, women in roman culture, and sources only .
Discussion of Roman civilization, encompassing the period from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire ending in the late 5th century (476 CE or 480 CE or some other late 5th century date, depending on your scholarly position on the matter).
Popular Topics in r/ancientrome
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Rome
216 posts
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Roman
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History
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Emperor
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Ancient
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Looking
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Ancient Rome
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Empire
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Worst
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Battle
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Products Discussed in r/ancientrome
Documentaries
8 reviews
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HBO
4.3★ from 3 reviews
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The Great Courses
5.0★ from 1 review
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Kings and Generals
5.0★ from 1 review
Historical Fiction
8 reviews
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Simon Turney
5.0★ from 2 reviews
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Ben Kane
5.0★ from 2 reviews
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Robert Fabbri
5.0★ from 1 review
Fiction Books
3 reviews
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Robert Graves
4.0★ from 1 review
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Colleen McCullough
4.0★ from 1 review
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Conn Iggulden
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/ancientrome
#1
Possibly Innaccurate
: "The Secret Society that survived the Teutoburg Forest"
10 posts
#2
Women in Roman Culture
: "How were periods (menstrual cycles) handled in Rome?"
4 posts
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Sources only
: "A hoard of Roman nails found at the Inchtuthil legionary fortress, Scotland. It was only briefly occupied and was abandoned by 87AD. The army buried 875,400 iron nails on the site to prevent the enemy Caledonian tribes reforging the iron into weapons."
1 post
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Last updated: October 1, 2026