Ancient Rome

Five of the best crime series set in Ancient Rome

5 November, 2024

The upcoming sequel to Ridley Scott’s Gladiator looks brutal to man and beast alike. It arrives in cinemas on 15 November, but we think crime fiction lovers interested in Ancient Rome might be drawn to something a little more… subtle. Here to help us is…

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Historical Noir

By Catherine Turnbull

3 June, 2018

Written by Barry Forshaw — The pocket essential guide to fiction, film and TV in the sub-genre of historical noir from one of the crime genre’s leading experts does exactly what it says on the tin. Despite this compendium being small enough to fit in your…

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The Third Nero

By MarinaSofia

7 April, 2017

Written by Lindsey Davis — Historical novelist Lindsey Davis is best known for her series set in Ancient Rome, featuring Marcus Didius Falco. A few years back she retired her popular detective (or ‘imperial informer’, as the position was known back then) to make way…

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While the Emperor Slept by BR Stateham

By spriteby

23 September, 2016

While the Emperor Slept is something of a departure from the norm for BR Stateham. The writer is more commonly known for his Smitty novels, written in the noir genre but his latest offering steps into the realm of historical crime fiction and the setting…

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NTN: Blood in the Tiber by Annelise Freisenbruch

By Keith Nixon

18 November, 2014

Rome, 70 BC and life for Hortensia, daughter of the famous orator Hortensius, should be going along the privileged path laid out for her. However Hortensia (also referred to by her nickname, Horty) isn’t your average Roman woman. She has inherited her father’s vocal skills…

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Interview: Steven Saylor

By Keith Nixon

19 October, 2014

Steven Saylor is the author of the highly successful Roma Sub Rosa series of historical fiction novels set in Republican Rome at the time of some of the largest figures in ancient history – Cicero, Julius Caesar, Pompey and Crassus. The protagonist is Gordianus, who is…

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Five of the best crime series set in Ancient Rome

Historical Noir

The Third Nero

While the Emperor Slept by BR Stateham

NTN: Blood in the Tiber by Annelise Freisenbruch

Interview: Steven Saylor

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