The Forged in Rome: An Epic Tale of Power, Ambition and Survival in Ancient Rome from the Sunday Times bestseller: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Ink and Iron series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Forged in Rome: An Epic Tale of Power, Ambition and Survival in Ancient Rome from the Sunday Times bestseller runs 12.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Piers Hampton (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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What our data says
- At 12.5 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Piers Hampton
Piers Hampton narrates 16 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 180 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
2,788 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Forged in Rome: An Epic Tale of Power, Ambition and Survival in Ancient Rome from the Sunday Times bestseller is book 1 of Conn Iggulden's Ink and Iron series: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Piers Hampton, released November 20, 2025, on the Historical (Fiction) and Westerns & War shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Piers Hampton
- Released
- November 20, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Westerns & War
- Series
- Ink and Iron #1
- ISBN
- 9781405975063
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Forged in Rome: An Epic Tale of Power, Ambition and Survival in Ancient Rome from the Sunday Times bestseller as an audiobook?
The Forged in Rome: An Epic Tale of Power, Ambition and Survival in Ancient Rome from the Sunday Times bestseller runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.
Is The Forged in Rome: An Epic Tale of Power, Ambition and Survival in Ancient Rome from the Sunday Times bestseller free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Forged in Rome: An Epic Tale of Power, Ambition and Survival in Ancient Rome from the Sunday Times bestseller?
The Forged in Rome: An Epic Tale of Power, Ambition and Survival in Ancient Rome from the Sunday Times bestseller is narrated by Piers Hampton.
Is The Forged in Rome: An Epic Tale of Power, Ambition and Survival in Ancient Rome from the Sunday Times bestseller worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.2 hours.