Roman Blood
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Roman Blood
| Full title | Roman Blood: A Novel of Ancient Rome |
|---|---|
| Author | Steven Saylor |
| Published | 1991 |
| Pages | 392 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | The first of Steven Saylor’s Roma Sub Rosa mysteries, built around Cicero’s real defence of Sextus Roscius on a parricide charge in 80 BC and narrated by the fictional investigator Gordianus the Finder — the machinery of a real Roman legal case used as plot. |
Where I heard about it
- A crowd-sourced X thread — in the replies to @moseskagan asking “What historical fiction should I read next? (Bonus points for something involving building or trade, rather than violence)” (the thread, April 2025); the full list is on What historical fiction should I… (tweet).
Connections
- What historical fiction should I… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
- Historical Fiction — the genre the thread was asking about.
What links here
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