03-04-2001, 07:12 PM
I just finished John Maddox Robert's long out of print SPQR2 (took me a year to find it), and was amazed at the detail of late republican Rome. The Circus Maximus was originally a valley dedicated to a harvest goddess, the Valley of Murcia (sp), if he's correct.<br>
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I'm a great fan of toga detectives, of which there are a suprisingly large number<br>
(see: www.best.com/%7Eheli/roman/romys.shtml ). My favorites are JM Roberts, Steven Saylor and Lindsey Davis. I've started but not finished books by Marilyn Todd and David Wissart.<br>
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Some of these seem to have done a lot of homework, like Roberts and Saylor, others a bit less. If you've read these, how accurate to you think they are?<br>
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And, since I"m always looking, what are your favorite fiction authors?<br>
<p>Richard<br>
[email protected] </p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showLocalUserPublicProfile?login=richsc>RichSC</A> at: 3/4/01 8:17:36 pm<br></i>
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I'm a great fan of toga detectives, of which there are a suprisingly large number<br>
(see: www.best.com/%7Eheli/roman/romys.shtml ). My favorites are JM Roberts, Steven Saylor and Lindsey Davis. I've started but not finished books by Marilyn Todd and David Wissart.<br>
<br>
Some of these seem to have done a lot of homework, like Roberts and Saylor, others a bit less. If you've read these, how accurate to you think they are?<br>
<br>
And, since I"m always looking, what are your favorite fiction authors?<br>
<p>Richard<br>
[email protected] </p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showLocalUserPublicProfile?login=richsc>RichSC</A> at: 3/4/01 8:17:36 pm<br></i>
Richard Campbell
Legio XX - Alexandria, Virginia
RAT member #6?
Legio XX - Alexandria, Virginia
RAT member #6?