Ancient Rome

Set in ancient Rome. Probably fiction, probably set in the early empire, probably with patrician families speaking like they went to Eton, but definitely ancient Rome.

Roman Reads for the Ides of March

Happy Ides of March! Obviously, the best way to commemorate the assassination of Julius Caesar is by collectively stabbing the…

8 months ago

The Wolf Den

The Wolf Den, by Elodie Harper, is intense, dramatic historical fiction, set in an ancient Pompeiian brothel, with a world…

9 months ago

Foreign Bodies (Marcus Corvinus, #18)

In the next Marcus Corvinus adventure, Foreign Bodies, the new emperor Claudius requests some help looking into the death of…

2 years ago

Roman Rereads: I, Claudius

I, Claudius, by Robert Graves, tells the life of the Roman emperor Claudius in the form of his secret autobiography,…

2 years ago

Vestal Virgins in “Brides of Rome”

The historical events of Brides of Rome have been covered so many times in other novels. It's really hard to bring…

2 years ago