How long does it take to read The Gates of Rome?
The Gates of Rome by Conn Iggulden takes about 7 hours 57 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Emperor
Next: The Death of Kings
About 7 hours 57 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2003. 434 pages, about 119,350 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 16 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 57 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 58 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The early life of Julius Caesar is recreated in a novel that brilliantly interweaves history and adventure. An epic tale of ambition and rivalry, bravery and betrayal, from an outstanding new voice in historical fiction – already a top-ten bestseller in hardback.From the spectacle of gladiatorial combat to the intrigue of the Senate, from the foreign wars that created an empire to the betrayals that almost tore it apart, the Emperor novels tell the remarkable story of the man who would become the greatest Roman of them all: Julius Caesar.Brilliantly interweaving history and adventure, The Gates of Rome introduces an ambitious young man facing his first great test. In the city of Rome, a titanic power struggle is about to shake the Republic to its core. Citizen will fight citizen in a bloody conflict – and Julius Caesar will be in the thick of the action.
Subjects: Fiction, Historical Fiction, History, Fiction, historical, general, Rome, fiction, Fiction, biographical
