Besides Cornwell, whom I totally fourth of fifth

there are some others on my hist fic shelves:
Harry Sidebottom's
Warrior of Rome series (6 books, finished) and Douglas Jackson's
Hero of Rome series (which is also the title of the first book; 4 books out, ongoing) are worth checking out, as are Robert Low's Viking novels (beginning with
The Whale Road, 5 books, finished). Ben Kane has written a bunch of Roman novels (about Hannibal and Spartacus, among others) as well, though he's not fully up on my favourite shelf with the others I mentioned. I haven't read Christian Cameron yet; he writes Greek-based hist fic. Scott Oden's standalone
Men of Bronze is also a good read.
A different breed - much more epic in scale, but focussing more on politics and relationships than battles - is Colleen McCullough's
Rome series (beginning with
First Man in Rome, 7 books, finished). The latter books are about Caesar. She's doing a bit much hero worship at times and relies heavily on that old gossip Suetonius as source, but they books are a nice read overall, esp. if you want to spend quite some time in Ancient Rome.
If you want later times, check out Sharon Kay Penman for epic / semi-biographical novels about the Plantagenets, and James Aitcheson (Norman conquest from Norman POV) and James Wilde (from Saxon POV) for a more military oriented take, both with finished trilogies. Robert Low has also written a trilogy about Robert Bruce.
This post has been edited by Gabriele: 03 March 2014 - 08:22 PM