the venus throw a novel of ancient rome steven saylor

But who would want to kill Dio and for what purpose? Thus, Gordianus ventures on a dangerous case that will involve politics, murder, scandals, poisoning, revenge, and sex. They come to ask Gordianus to help keep Dio alive, but Gordianus rejects because he knows that this request is impossible. One is an ambassador, Dio, and the other Trygonian, an enauch priest. The story starts out with two strange visitors to Rome in search of Gordianus. The plot is really wonderful, it includes what every Romanophile would be interested in. All these characters are of great intrigue that makes the novel a true mystery novel. Characters with no appearance but yet tie greatly into the plot are Caesar, Pompey, senators, and many others. Other characters that make this book of great interest are the Clodii gens(mainly featuring Clodia and Clodius), Marcus Caelius Rufus, Catullus the poet, Cicero, Cassius Dio, Belbo, Meto, and Trygonian the Cybelen priest. His wife is a half-Jewish slave named Bethesda, belonging to him, that he married in a previous book and the product of their marriage is a child called Diana (Gordiana). Through his reputation and dealings, he quite often is involved in the political fray. His service is sought for by many because of his great reputation. Our main character is a certain man named Gordianus the Finder.

To those who know about it, that year was the year when Julius Caesar defeated the Veneti in the most decisive battle by naval action in the Battle of Gulf of Morbihan. The exposition of The Venus Throw is set in mid-January 56 B.C. The Venus Throw is one of nine volumes in the Roma Sub Rosa series written by Steven Saylor. Book Review by Flavius Valerius Constantinus

The venus throw a novel of ancient rome steven saylor