Roman Blood

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Roman Blood

Author	Steven Saylor
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Roma Sub Rosa
Genre	Historical novel
Publisher	Minotaur Books
Publication date	1991
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	357 pp
ISBN	978-0312064549
Preceded by	none
Followed by	Arms of Nemesis

Roman Blood is a historical novel by American author Steven Saylor, first published by Minotaur Books in 1991. It is the first book in his Roma Sub Rosa series of mystery novels set in the Roman Republic. The main character is the Roman sleuth Gordianus the Finder.

Plot summary

The year is 80 BC, and the dictator Sulla rules Rome. The young lawyer Cicero is defending Sextus Roscius, a man accused of murdering his own father. (The gruesome Roman punishment for parricide is described.) Cicero hires Gordianus the Finder to discover the truth of the matter. We are introduced to Gordianus' wife Bethesda, the mute boy Eco, and historical persons such as the plutocrat Marcus Licinius Crassus, the powerful freedman Lucius Cornelius Chrysogonus and Cicero's scribe Marcus Tullius Tiro.

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Roma Sub Rosa Novels	Roman Blood (1991) Arms of Nemesis (1992) Catilina's Riddle (1993) The Venus Throw (1995) A Murder on the Appian Way (1996) Rubicon (1999) Last Seen in Massilia (2000) A Mist of Prophecies (2002) The Judgment of Caesar (2004) The Triumph of Caesar (2008)

Roma Sub Rosa Short Stories	The House of the Vestals (1997) A Gladiator Dies Only Once (2005) The Seven Wonders (2012)

The Roma novels	Roma: The Novel of Ancient Rome (2007) Empire: The Novel of Imperial Rome (2010)

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