2nd Century
Dominus
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Starting in 165 AD, multiple generations of the legendary Pinarius family of sculptors lead us through 160 years of otherwise rather obscure Roman history. We ...Read Review
The Governor’s Man (A Quintus Valerius Mystery)
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When Roman Imperial Investigator Quintus Valerius is despatched to investigate the suspected theft of silver, mined in the southwest of what is now ...Read Review
A Winter War
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A Winter War, the first entry in a new trilogy by Tim Leach, noted author of Smile of the Wolf, takes us just ...Read Review
A Dreadful Destiny (A Libertus Mystery of Roman Britain, 19)
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In late 2nd-century Roman Glevum (present day Gloucester), Libertus, duumvir and former slave, is his patron Marcus’s main advisor in how to ...Read Review
Dominus: A Novel of the Roman Empire
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Following his novels Roma and Empire comes Steven Saylor’s latest about the Pinarii family, Dominus. Spanning seven generations between 165 to 326 AD, Dominus ...Read Review
The Wall at the Edge of the World
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When surgeon Postumus Justinius Corvus performs an act of bravery and gallantry, he is awarded an honour, a promotion, and a reassignment from ...Read Review
The Everlasting
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Andiamo a Roma! We’ll visit the Eternal City four times in Katy Simpson Smith’s brilliant new novel The Everlasting, set in ...Read Review
The Peregrine’s Odyssey: Burnt Offerings – A Novel of Early Christianity
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During the first 20 years of the 2nd century AD, Gaius Segusiavus Peregrinus is torque-bearer of the Gallic clan based near Lugdunum (Lyon, France). ...Read Review
A Prisoner of Privilege (A Libertus Mystery of Roman Britain)
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In 194 AD, following civil war, Septimius Severus is proclaimed Emperor of the Roman Empire, but Pescennius Niger is still contending for the throne. ...Read Review
Brigantia (Vindolanda)
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Britannia, AD 100. Flavius Ferox is a centurion charged with keeping the peace on Britannia’s frontier with the barbarian tribes of the North. ...Read Review