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HistoryROMA is the most informative novel on Roman history I've ever read. I do not care for pure history but Saylor has captured history through his characters. It's a wonderful read. Will use it as source for future reading when encountering historic figures in other books.
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- This review first appeared in the August 2007 issue of the Historical Novels Review (http://www.historicalnovelsociety.org)- Steven Saylor, the award-winning mystery writer of the Roma Sub Rosa series, undertakes the multigenerational historical saga in his latest novel ROMA. Pioneered by the late James Michener and current purview of novelist Edward Rutherford, Saylor's entry into the genre is a noteworthy one. With his...
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Epic in scope and intimate in story telling, ROMA is one of the finest works I've read by Steven Saylor. I've had the pleasure of reading his entire Sub-Rosa series and have found that experience very rewarding. ROMA is a story, not of a single man, but rather of the rise of the Roman Empire as viewed through the eyes of many generations of a patrician family. The common thread, besides blood line, is an amulet. To explore...
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Steven Saylor has written a fascinating novel spanning Roman history from its earliest beginnings until the beginning of Christianity. Other authors, notably James Michener and Edward Rutherford, have used this device previously. Saylor, however, does it best. This book is a page turner. I couldn't put it down.
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The thing that shocks most modern tourists visiting the site of Pompeii is the ubiquitous winged phallus that adorns almost everything in the city. To the modern sensibility this is something obscene, but to the Romans it was a holy icon representing the generative quality of life itself. This winged phallus plays a central role in Steven Saylor's fabulous new novel, ROMA. This image in the form of a gold amulet passed...
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