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Pages 290 pp | 4/5 Goodreads Publication date 2004 Originally published 2004 Genre Historical Fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Preceded by The Venus Throw: A Novel of Ancient Rome, A Mist of Prophecies, The Seven Wonders: A Novel of the Ancient World Similar Works by Steven Saylor, Roma Sub Rosa books, Rome books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Judgment of Caesar is a historical novel by American author Steven Saylor, first published by St. Martin's Press in 2004. It is the tenth book in his Roma Sub Rosa series of mystery stories set in the final decades of the Roman Republic. The main character is the Roman sleuth Gordianus the Finder.
Plot summary
The year is 48 BC, and there is civil war in the Roman Empire. Caesar has defeated his rival Pompey at Pharsalos and is pursuing him towards Egypt, where king Ptolemy XIII and his sister and wife Cleopatra are struggling for power. At the same time Gordianus the Finder is traveling to Egypt with his ailing Egyptian wife, Bethesda.
References
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