Ancient Rome in Fiction - Detective Fiction

Detective Fiction

• The Roma Sub Rosa series (1991–2005) by Steven Saylor, starts with Roman Blood (1991); the books cover the period 80 BC to 48 BC
• The Marcus Didius Falco series by Lindsey Davis, starts with The Silver Pigs; set in the reign of Vespasian, and taking place in many locales around the Empire
• The SPQR series by John Maddox Roberts, set in the early Empire
• The Publius Aurelius series by Danila Comastri Montanari
• The Eagle series by Simon Scarrow (see above)
• The Marcus Corvinus series by David Wishart; early Empire
• The Germanicus Mosaic series by Rosemary Rowe - set in later Roman Britain
• The Roman Mysteries young adults' detective/drama series by Caroline Lawrence
• The Caius Trilogy by German author Henry Winterfeld: Caius ist ein Dummkopf (Caius is an Idiot); Caius geht ein Licht auf (Caius has an Inspiration), and Caius in der Klemme (Caius in a Fix). The first part was published in English with the alternate title Detectives in Togas. The second was published in English with the alternate title Mystery of the Roman Ransom.