Adrian Keith Goldsworthy (; born 1969) is a British historian and author who specialises in ancient Roman history.
Adrian Goldsworthy attended Westbourne School, Penarth, He went on to study ancient and modern history at St John's College, Oxford, completed a D.Phil in ancient military history from Oxford University in 1994, and then used his dissertation as the foundation of his first book, The Roman Army at War 100 BC – AD 200.
Goldsworthy was appointed a Junior Research Fellow at Cardiff University for two years, taught briefly at King's College London and was an assistant professor on the University of Notre Dame's London programme for six years. His expertise is in Roman history, but he also taught a course on the military history of the Second World War at the University of Notre Dame. Goldsworthy said that although he enjoyed teaching, he enjoyed writing more and now writes full-time.
Goldsworthy has appeared on History Channel documentaries and the television game show Time Commanders, serving as an expert on battles being fought by the contestants, and he gave a speech about Roman history and politics to the cast of a 2010 Liverpool production of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra.
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The Roman Army at War 100 BC – AD 200 (OUP, 1996)
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Roman Warfare (Cassell, 2000)
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The Punic Wars (Cassell, 2000)
- Reprint title: The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars 265–146 BC, (Cassell, 2003)
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Fields of Battle: Cannae (Orion, 2001)
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Caesar's Civil War: 49–44 BC (2002), Osprey Publishing
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In the Name of Rome: The Men Who Won the Roman Empire (Orion, 2003)
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The Complete Roman Army (Thames & Hudson, 2003)
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Caesar, Life of a Colossus, (Yale University Press, 2006)
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The Fall of the West: The Death of the Roman Superpower (Orion 2009)
- U.S. title: How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower, (Yale University Press, 2009)
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Antony and Cleopatra (2010); Yale University Press
- Napoleonic War Series
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True Soldier Gentleman (2011), (George Weidenfeld & Nicholson) ; his first novel
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Beat the Drums Slowly (2011)
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Send Me Safely Back Again (2012)
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All in Scarlet Uniform (2013)
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Run Them Ashore (2014)
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Augustus: First Emperor of Rome, (Yale University Press, 2014)
- Reprint title: The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars 265–146 BC, (Cassell, 2003)
- U.S. title: How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower, (Yale University Press, 2009)
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True Soldier Gentleman (2011), (George Weidenfeld & Nicholson) ; his first novel
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Beat the Drums Slowly (2011)
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Send Me Safely Back Again (2012)
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All in Scarlet Uniform (2013)
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Run Them Ashore (2014)
