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Toga Tales: fiction set in the Roman Empire
By John Maddox Roberts
MYS ROBERTS J
Decius Caecilius Metellus is present at a time when Rome is victorious and the legions triumphant. The streets, however, flow with the blood of murdered citizens and rumors of a conspiracy abound. When Decius’s closest friend is murdered, he feels he must investigate on his own or risk becoming the next victim.
By Conn Iggulden
FIC IGGULDEN C
The world knew him as Gaius Julius Caesar, Emperor of the Roman Empire. Iggulden takes us back to Caesar as a young boy. As he manages the family estate, he dreams of military training. Once involved in the military, Caesar also gains an understanding of Roman politics, with all its rivalries and nuances. This novel continues up through Caesar’s departure for Rome and his subsequent military endeavors.
By Steven Saylor
MYS SAYLOR S
Ghosts from the past, bees, pirates, and mysterious cats are just some of the clues that Gordianus the Finder must sift through to solve ten tantalizing mysteries. With the help of his mute ward, Eco, and the support of his slave and concubine, Bethesda, Gordianus teams up with his friend Lucius Claudious to take on some scintillating mysteries in ancient Rome.
By Lindsey Davis
MYS DAVIS L
Marcus Didius Falco is on the road again! The year is A.D. 72 and Marcus and his high-born girlfriend, Helena, find themselves in the heart of Syria hot on the trail of a missing female organ player. While sightseeing at a famous holy temple, they discover the drowned body of a man and quickly realize that he was murdered. Determining that the dead man was part of a group of traveling actors, Helena and Marcus sign on with the group in the hope of ferreting out the murderer.
The Light Bearer
By Donna Gillespie
FIC GILLESPI D
Auriane is the daughter of a Chattian chief. Leading her tribe against the tyranny of Rome, she is captured in Domitian’s Chattian campaign. Meeting Marcus Julianus, a nobleman trying to salvage some iota of justice under Nero’s brutal regime, they decide to join forces and stage a coup d’etat.
Medicus: a novel of the Roman Empire
By Ruth Downie
MYS DOWNIE R
In Roman occupied Britain, Gaius Petrius Ruso is a doctor stuck in a town he hates. Helping a slave girl with a broken arm, he pays for her room at a bar called Merula's. He becomes involved in a case involving two missing prostitutes, corruption in high places, and a slave girl who is plotting her escape even as he helps her recover from her injuries!
By Robert Harris
FIC HARRIS R
Marius Primus is sent from Rome to Pompeii to investigate reports of failing springs. This hasn't happened in generations and he is stymied. Compounding his problem is the fact that the former water engineer has disappeared. Marius begins to fear that something truly horrific is brewing up on the mountain known as Vesuvius, but he cannot get anyone to take him seriously. As unseen forces build beneath the earth, time begins to run out for Marius and the residents of Pompeii.
Render Unto Caesar
By Gillian Bradshaw
FIC BRADSHAW G
Bradshaw weaves an historical thriller in 16 B.C. Rome. Hermogenes is a Greek trader from Alexandria. Travelling to Rome to collect a debt owed to him by a Roman Council and general, he is physically attacked. Rescued by Cantabra, a female gladiator, Hermogenes makes her his bodyguard. When they overhear a plot to assassinate the Prefect of Rome, Hermogenes and Cantabra know they must work fast to prevent the murder attempt and the chaos it would cause.
Roma
by Steven Saylor
FIC SAYLOR S
Before the founding of Rome, the area was populated by hill tribes and salt traders. Beginning at the dawn of history, one family becomes the keeper of a gold amulet that is passed down through the generations. Saylor chronicles the lives of specific members as they interact with other families who are important in the history of Rome. Murders, suicides, love, hatred, and sacrifices down through the years will shape Rome and these family members, through whose eyes Rome is brought to life.
Scorpion Rising
By Marilyn Todd
MYS TODD M
Wine merchant Claudio Seferius is in trouble when she takes a customer’s payment but doesn’t deliver the wine. The customer, nicknamed, the Scorpion first threatens to kill her but then offers her a way out. All Claudio has to do is to find out who killed his daughter. Claudia is thrust into a world of nature worshiping cults and male sex slaves as she desperately tries to find the killer before her own time runs out.
The Shadow of Ararat
By Thomas Harlan
FANT HARLAN T
In an alternative history novel, the Eastern and Western Roman Emperors have forged an alliance. They hope to lift the siege of Constantinople by the Persians and follow them back to their homeland and conquer Persia. To complement their fighting forces, they call upon the sorcerers, a female assassin and a Hermetic priest to help them reach their goal.
KD 6/09
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