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The Land of Angels

By Fay Sampson - Published 2006

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

In the late 6th century, a monk called Gregory, later to be Pope, sees two blond, blue-eyed boys for sale in Rome’s ...Read Review

A Roman Ransom

By Rosemary Rowe - Published 2006

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Glevum (modern day Gloucester) in Roman Britain, 188 AD. Libertus, the pavement maker, is sick. However, his patron, Marcus Septimus, has a pressing concern. ...Read Review

The World of the Gladiator

By Susanna Shadrake - Published 2005

Genres:

Nonfiction

  From the origins of gladiatorial games in Rome’s early history, to its gruesome flowering, the author meticulously details the progress of ...Read Review

Empire of Dragons

By Valerio Massimo Manfredi (trans. Christine Feddersen-Manfredi) - Published 2006

Genres:

Adventure

The book begins in Edessa, an outpost of the Eastern Roman Empire in 260 AD. Metellus and his men faithfully serve the emperor, Valerian, ...Read Review