![]() It's useless for Gordianus to protest that he retired a year ago. In Gordianus' atrium! And Pompey is forcing Gordianus to investigate his death. Someone has, somehow, assassinated a cousin of Pompey. In many ways, this would be a fabulous way to teach kids about Rome, by making it real, drawing parallels between home life now and then. The political machinations, the greed, the everyday conversation, the meals, and more will pull you into this world. The character interaction is also a treat. I can feel so much of what happens, as though I were walking the streets of Rome and the roads of Italy. Saylor has created a realistic world of ancient Rome. Aren't the Romans known for sampling both sexes? I'm not quite sure why Romans are so shocked. Whew, that is some rumor running around about Meto. I'd hope we were smart enough to pay attention. Those who do not pay attention to history are doomed to repeat it. There are some nasty parallels between Rome's rise and fall and our own rise…and coming fall. Reading these whys that Gordianus raises got me to thinking about our own political system and the wreckage of ordinary people's lives due to politicians being so insulated from real life. Hmmm, Gordianus wonders if Publius Clodius' murder in A Murder on the Appian Way, 5, was the "true beginning of civil war". They are doubts that Gordianus will believe about himself by the end, although I think he's being too hard on himself. One can read his disdain, curiosity, and a bit of envy for Gordianus in the report, as well as his doubts about this "most honest man in Rome". Pompey has compiled an interesting assessment of Gordianus and his family. I know it has something to do with Massilia (in Gaul) and Caesar's troops, if only because the next book in the series is called Last Seen in Massilia. ![]() That's my guess anyway, and it's been driving me mad to read the next story to find out what's going on. For all the action in Rubicon, it's more of a set-up for the next story arc in this series with Meto's betrayal and Numerius' blackmail. It's another pip of a story from Saylor, and yet I'd also call it a bridge novel. to us).Ĭhronologically, it's MY sixth and Saylor's seventh because the technical sixth, The House of the Vestals, is a collection of short stories that I've slotted in chronologically on my website. The story is set in ancient Rome in January of the Year of Rome 705 (49 B.C. ![]() My sixth in the Roma Sub Rosa historical mystery series and revolving around Gordianus the Finder, a private detective. Para nós, leitores, os títulos que publicou sob o nome genérico de Roma sub-rosa, são o melhor fruto desse fascínio de Saylor por um império que começou a desbravar o caminho civilizacional que ainda hoje percorremos. Steven Saylor sempre se deixou fascinar por tudo o que se refira à antiguidade clássica. Só assim ele poderá impedir que a sua família seja esmagada por duas forces opostas, que irão alterar para sempre o mundo romano. Todavia, perante a relutância de Gordiano, Pompeu trata de o convencer rapidamente, tomando o seu genro como refém.Ĭom um dos filhos combatendo ao lado de César e com o genro encarcerado por Pompeu, Gordiano vê-se obrigado a descobrir os segredos de um homem morto e a revelar o seu assassino. Sob o pânico que alastra sobre a cidade como uma nuvem negra, Numérico, o sobrinho e protegido de Pompeu é encontrado morto, garrotado, no jardim de Gordiano, O Descobridor.Įnfurecido, Pompeu exige de Gordiano que este investigue o crime e descubra o assassino. Pompeu, o rival de César, prepara-se para zarpar rumo a Sul com o senado e as tropas leais, deixando a cidade sem exército, sem governo e á beira do caos. César e as suas tropas marcham pelas ruas de Roma depois de ter atravessado o Rubicão.
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