Spqr Xiii The Year Of Confusion
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Spqr Xiii The Year Of Confusion
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Author : John Maddox Roberts
language : en
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Release Date : 2011-01-18
Spqr Xiii The Year Of Confusion written by John Maddox Roberts and has been published by Minotaur Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-18 with Fiction categories.
Caius Julius Caesar, now dictator of Rome, has decided to revise the Roman calendar, which has become out of sync with the seasons. As if this weren't already an unpopular move, Caesar has brought in astronomers and astrologers from abroad, including Egyptians, Greeks, Indians, and Persians. Decius is appointed to oversee this project, which he knows rankles the Roman public: "To be told by a pack of Chaldeans and Egyptians how to conduct their duties towards the gods was intolerable." Not long after the new calendar project begins, two of the foreigners are murdered. Decius begins his investigations, and, as the body count increases, it seems that an Indian fortune-teller popular with patrician Roman ladies is also involved. Decius figures out the fortune-teller's scam and also exposes the foreign astrologer who carried out these murders—almost losing his life in the process. This latest in the acclaimed series is sure to please historical mystery fans.
Spqr Xiii The Year Of Confusion
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Author : John Maddox Roberts
language : en
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Release Date : 2010-02-16
Spqr Xiii The Year Of Confusion written by John Maddox Roberts and has been published by Minotaur Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02-16 with Fiction categories.
"Readers looking for a crafty and entertaining journey to the past won't be disappointed." —Publishers Weekly on SPQR XI: Under Vesuvius Caius Julius Caesar, now Dictator of Rome, has decided to revise the Roman calendar, which has become out of sync with the seasons. As if this weren't already an unpopular move, Caesar has brought in astronomers and astrologers from abroad, including Egyptians, Greeks, Indians and Persians. Decius is appointed to oversee this project, which he knows rankles the Roman public: "To be told by a pack of Chaldeans and Egyptians how to conduct their duties towards the gods was intolerable." Not long after the new calendar project begins, two of the foreigners are murdered. Decius begins his investigations and, as the body count increases, it seems that an Indian fortuneteller popular with patrician Roman ladies is also involved. This latest in the acclaimed series is sure to please historical mystery fans.
Spqr Ii The Catiline Conspiracy
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Author : John Maddox Roberts
language : en
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Release Date : 2001-08-21
Spqr Ii The Catiline Conspiracy written by John Maddox Roberts and has been published by Minotaur Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-08-21 with Fiction categories.
It was a summer of glorious triumph for the mighty Roman Republic. Her invincible legions had brought all foreign enemies to their knees. But in Rome there was no peace. The streets were flooded with the blood of murdered citizens, and there were rumors of more atrocities to come. Decius Caecilius Metellus the Younger was convinced a conspiracy existed to overthrow the government-a sinister cabal that could only be destroyed from within. But admission into the traitorous society of evil carried a grim price: the life of Decius's closest friend...and maybe his own.
Spqr I The Kings Gambit
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Author : John Maddox Roberts
language : en
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Release Date : 2001-08-24
Spqr I The Kings Gambit written by John Maddox Roberts and has been published by Minotaur Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-08-24 with Fiction categories.
Blackmail, corruption, treachery, murder--the glory that was Rome. In this Edgar Award-nominated mystery, John Maddox Roberts takes readers back to a Rome filled with violence and evil. Vicious gangs ruled the streets of Crassus and Pompey, routinely preying on plebeian and patrician alike, so the garroting of a lowly ex-slaved and the disembowelment of a foreign merchant in the dangerous Subura district seemed of little consequence to the Roman hierarchy. But Decius Caecilius Metellus the Younger--highborn commander of the local vigiles--was determined to investigate. Despite official apathy, brazen bribes, and sinister threates, Decius uncovers a world of corruption at the highest levels of his government that threatens to destroy him and the government he serves.
The Publishers Weekly
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
The Publishers Weekly written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with American literature categories.
Spqr Vi Nobody Loves A Centurion
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Author : John Maddox Roberts
language : en
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Release Date : 2003-10-10
Spqr Vi Nobody Loves A Centurion written by John Maddox Roberts and has been published by Minotaur Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-10-10 with Fiction categories.
Julius Caesar, as we know, arrived in Gaul (now France) and announced "I Came, I Saw, I Conquered," but when Decius Metellus arrives from Rome, not seeking military glory but rather avoiding an enemy currently in power, he finds that although the general came and saw, so far, at least, he has far from conquered. The campaign seems at a standstill. Decius's arrival disappoints the great Caesar as well. He has been waiting for promised reinforcements from Rome, an influx of soldiers to restart his invasion. Instead he is presented with one young man ridiculously decked out in military parade finery and short on military skills, accompanied not by eager troops but by one callow and reluctant slave, the feckless Hermes. It soon develops, however, that Decius's arrival was fortuitous. When Vinius, the army's cruelest centurion (so-called because he commands a hundred soldiers), is found murdered, Caesar remembers that his new recruit has successfully come up with the culprit in a number of recent crimes. Murder is bad for morale, particularly since it seems quite clear that the murderer was one of Caesar's men. Caesar orders Decius to find the killer -- and quickly. Although evidence points to the son of one of Decius's clients -- a youth who was the particular target of the centurion's brutality, Decius racks his brain to find a way to save him from the sentence of death. The investigation leads Decius to two German slaves of the dead man -- a dwarfish old man and a beautiful woman. They are puzzling; the man is arrogant, the woman haughty--very unlike slaves. There are unanswered questions. It soon becomes clear to Decius that only by finding and punishing the real murderer will it be possible to quiet the rising dissatisfaction with Caesar's unorthodox method of warfare and forestall a mutiny against the mighty Caesar's authority and aims.
Roman Colonies In Republic And Empire
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Author : Amanda Jo Coles
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2020-06-22
Roman Colonies In Republic And Empire written by Amanda Jo Coles and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-22 with History categories.
Roman Republican and Imperial colonies were established by diverse agents reacting to contemporary problems. By removing anachronistic interpretations, Roman colonies cease to seem like ‘little Romes’ and demonstrate a complex role in the spread of Roman imperialism and culture.
Spqr Iii The Sacrilege
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Author : John Maddox Roberts
language : en
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Release Date : 2007-04-01
Spqr Iii The Sacrilege written by John Maddox Roberts and has been published by Minotaur Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-01 with Fiction categories.
When a sacret woman's rite in the ancient city of Rome is infiltrated by a corrupt patrician dressed in female garb, it falls to Senator Decuis Caecilius Metellus the Younger, whose investigative skills have proven indispensable in the past, to unmask the perpetrators. When four brutal slayings follow, Decius enlists the help a notorious and dangerous criminal. Together, they establish a connection between the sacrilege and the murders, and track the offenders from the lowest dregs of society to the prominent elite of the upper class, finding corruption and violence where Decius least expects it.
Spqr Vii The Tribune S Curse
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Author : John Maddox Roberts
language : en
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Release Date : 2004-04-14
Spqr Vii The Tribune S Curse written by John Maddox Roberts and has been published by Minotaur Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-04-14 with Fiction categories.
Decius Caecilius Metellus is happy. The weather is beautiful and he is standing for office (literally; standing, in the Roman Forum soliciting votes) with a sure chance of winning. And Caesar's ongoing dreary war is far off in Gaul. Decius is confident that another war looming over Rome, instigated by one Crassus against the Parthians (for no reason but possible worldly gain); will be voted down in the Senate. But the vote does not stop Crassus. On the day he and his troops set out from Rome, the Tribune Ateius Capitus, leader of the opposition, shrieks an ancient and terrible curse over the huge crowd assembled -- a curse that frightens not only the man in the street but the highest Romans. When Ateius is murdered soon after, Decius, solver of past mysteries, has the ugly task of finding the killer. Fascinating details of Rome's mixed attitudes about the power of magic and the practice of rational politics illuminate this latest of Roberts's strong historical mysteries.
Spqr Viii The River God S Vengeance
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Author : John Maddox Roberts
language : en
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Release Date : 2007-04-01
Spqr Viii The River God S Vengeance written by John Maddox Roberts and has been published by Minotaur Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-01 with Fiction categories.
Ancient Rome, in this accurate and evocative series, is just as politics driven as any major American city -- possibly even more. Decius Caecilius Metellus has, through a series of rather wild adventure, and in the act of tracking down killers and other reprobates, barely escaped annhilation several times. Now, newly elected to the office of aedile, the lowest rung on the ladder of Roman authority, he must smoke out corruption and conspiracy that threaten to destroy all of Rome.