How long does it take to read The First Man in Rome?
The First Man in Rome by Colleen McCullough takes about 19 hours 22 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of Masters of Rome
Next: The Grass Crown
About 19 hours 22 minutes
A long haul
First published 1990. 1,056 pages, about 290,400 words.
39 days (about 6 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 32 hours 16 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 19 hours 22 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 12 hours 6 minutes |
The page count is the median across 23 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This historical fiction takes prominent Roman names of the time, and tells their tale in an astonishingly descriptive way. It follows the life of Gaius Marius, and his fellow Roman, Lucius Cornelius Sulla, and their struggles for power through war, politics, and blood.
Subjects: Fiction, historical, Rome, fiction, Fiction, History, Julius caesar in fiction, Rome in fiction
