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If anyone wants to read about mystery/crime investigation in Ancient Rome, the SPQR series is a bunch of fun fictional books (of questionable historical accurac
by throw0101a 6y ago
If anyone wants to read about mystery/crime investigation in Ancient Rome, the SPQR series is a bunch of fun fictional books (of questionable historical accuracy):
> The stories are told in first-person form by Senator Decius Caecilius Metellus the Younger (born c 90-95 BC), nephew of Metellus Pius and member of the powerful Caecilius Metellus family of the Roman Senate. The stories are told in flashback-form by the old Decius, writing during the reign of Augustus Caesar. The stories range from 70 BC (The King's Gambit) to 20 BC ("The King of Sacrifices").
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPQR_series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPQR_series
For non-fiction, see Infamy: The Crimes of Ancient Rome by Jerry Toner:
> Join the historian Jerry Toner on a detective's hunt to discover the extent of Rome's crimes.
From the sexual peccadillos of Tiberius and Nero to the chances of getting burgled if you left your apartment unguarded (pretty high, especially if the walls were thin enough to knock through) he leaves no stone unturned in his quest to bring the Eternal City to book.
* https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43684657-infamy https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43684657-infamy
- Ice_cream_suit 6y agoThanks, the series sounds interesting !
- B1FF_PSUVM 6y agoI've sampled a lot of historical fiction set in classic Rome, and John Maddox Roberts is the writer who's closer to getting the 'flavor' right, to my mind. I mean in a sense of not letting modern issues, tastes and sensibilities leak into the classical (un-romantic) callous, deeply rustic, mindset barely dented by urban sophistication in large cities.
- FridayoLeary 6y agolet us not forget what must be the greatest work of historical, roman fiction: asterix. Incidentally, most of my knowledge of ancient roman culture comes from those comics. Also, an insight into european culture as it looked in the 1970s and 60s.
- jweir 6y agoFor kids there are the Roman Mysteries by Caroline Lawrence. My daughter is reading them and loves the books. I have not read the books except for a bit here and there - and what I have read is well written, fun and seems be accurate.
- jojohohanon 6y agoAlso: Steven saylor’s “Gordianus, the finder” series. Tho this is likely completely fictional except incidental details of the setting in Rome just pre AD.