Roma by Steven Saylor is billed as the Novel of Ancient Rome and it tracks the history of Rome from it’s trading days, through the founding by Remus and Romulus and up to the beginning of Augustus’ reign. Saylor’s Gordianus the Finder series (which I’ll review at another time) show him as a master of telling stories in Roman settings. So it’s natural that he would attempt a larger portrait of Rome.

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