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In 88 B.C., it seems as if the entire ancient world is at war. In the west, the Italian states are rebelling against Rome, in the east, Mithridates is marching through and conquering the Roman Asian provinces. Even in the relatively calm Alexandria, a coup has brought a new Pharaoh to power and chaos to the streets. The young Gordianus has been waiting out the chaos in Alexandria, with Bethesda, when he gets a cryptic message from his former t...

Spanning a thousand years, and following the shifting fortunes of two families though the ages, this is the epic saga of Rome, the city, and its people.

The first of Saylor's short story collections featuring Gordianus the Finder

Torchlight flickers on the elegant marble walls. The sound of a mob echoes in the street. The year is 52 B.C. and the naked body of Publius Clodius is about to be carried through the teaming streets of Rome. Clodius, a rich man turned rabble-rouser, was slain on the most splendid road in the world, the Appian Way. Now Clodius's rival, Milo, is being targeted for revenge and the city teeters on the verge of chaos. An explosive trial will featur...

The fourth novel in Saylor's critically acclaimed "Roma Sub Rosa" series, featuring Gordianus the Finder.

El imperio se tambalea bajo la presión de la guerra civil entre Julio César y Pompeyo, mientras el detective Gordiano investiga el asesinato de la joven y hermosa adivina Casandra. Gordiano descubrirá una conspiración en la que están implicadas algunas de las damas más podereosas de la ciudad.

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En la Roma corrupta del siglo I a.C, el sexo y el poder son el único credo... Una novela negra ambientada en pleno apogeo del Imperio Romano.

The eagerly awaited first full length Gordianus novel for four years. The new novel in the Roma Sub Rosa series is set against the background of Caesar's stupendous quadruple triumphs in Rome in 46 BC, full of colour and spectacle. Murder and intrigue again draw Gordianus into the vortex of history...

The hideously disfigured body was found in the atrium. The only clues are a blood-soaked cloak, and, carved into the stone at the corpse's feet, the word "Sparta." The murdered man was the overseer of Marcus Crassus's estate, apparently killed by two runaway slaves bent on joining Spartacus's revolt. In response to the murder, the wealthy, powerful Crassus vows to honor an ancient law and kill his ninety-nine remaining slaves in three days. No...

In the city of Massilia (modern-day Marseille), on the coast of Southern Gaul, Gordianus the Finder's beloved son Meto has disappeared--branded as a traitor to Caesar and apparently dead. Consumed with grief, Gordianus arrives in the city in the midst of a raging civil war, hoping to discover what happened to his son. But when he witnesses the fall of a young woman from a precipice called Sacrifice Rock, he becomes entangled in discovering the...

In the unseasonable heat of a spring morning in 80 B.C., Gordianus the Finder is summoned to the house of Cicero, a young advocate staking his reputation on a case involving the savage murder of the wealthy, sybaritic Sextus Roscius. Charged with the murder is Sextus's son, greed being the apparent motive. The punishment, rooted deep in Roman tradition, is horrific beyond imagining. The case becomes a political nightmare when Gordianus's inve...

Pompey is dead, Egypt is under the control of Cleopatra, and after a long absence Caesar has returned to Rome itself. But Ceasars wife is troubled by rumors against her husband and needs the help of Gordianus the Finder.