6/12/2023 0 Comments Roma by Steven Saylor![]() ![]() ![]() On the reread the book struck me as slightly weaker than I remembered it as the mystery is again somewhat tame, while the historical fiction part (usually the strength of these novels) is less interesting, though there are superb moments like Gordianus interviews with Vercingetorix, Arsinoe, Cleopatra the triumphal parades etc overall still a very good book, though not quite among the top Gordianus novels as I originally thought (Catillina's riddle remains my all time favorite, with Roman Blood, Murder on the Appian way, Arms of Nemesis, Mist of Prophecies and Rubicon the top tier, Venus Throw, Last seen in Massilia and these last 2 - Triumph and Judgement as second tier) I remember quite liking this one when I read it first being about Gordianus return to Rome and his investigation of a possible plot to kill Caesar at one of his 46 BC triumphs which Gordianus first refuses to do when Calpurnia asks, but then agrees when he finds out that his Massilian friend Hyeronimus "the Scapegoat" was murdered trying to emulate Gordianus and investigate for Calpurnia when our hero was presumed dead in Egypt ![]() as there is no original read review from publication date (I have read all Gordianus books pretty much on publication and even earlier when i was lucky to get an arc), I will add only a few things. Reread in 2018 on the release of the long awaited Ides Gordianus book Throne of Caesar ![]()
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