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May 15, 2025

Horace: Poet on a Volcano by Peter Stothard

May 15, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
Horace: Poet on a Volcano by Peter Stothard

An invigorating new biography of the great Roman poet Horace

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May 15, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Horacde, Horace, ancient Rome, Horace: Poet on a Volcano, Peter Stothard, biography, ancient biography
May 01, 2025

Pompey the Great by Lee Frantanuono

May 01, 2025/ Steve Donoghue
Pompey the Great by Lee Frantanuono

A new biography of ancient Rome’s famed military wunderkind

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May 01, 2025/ Steve Donoghue/
Lee Frantanuono, Pompey the Great, Pompey the Great: The Roman Alexander, Alexander the Great, history, Roman history, ancient Rome
October 12, 2024

Violence in the Forum by Natale Barca

October 12, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Violence in the Forum by Natale Barca

A new history of the social and political convulsions of late Republican Rome

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October 12, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Natale Barca, Violence in the Forum, ancient Rome, Roman history
July 24, 2024

Death on the Tiber by Lindsey Davis

July 24, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Death on the Tiber by Lindsey Davis

The daugher of Marcus Didius Falco catches another case in ancient Rome

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July 24, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Death on the Tiber, Lindsey Davis, ancient Rome, Roman historical fiction, murder mystery, historical murder mystery
June 23, 2023

Palatine by Peter Stothard

June 23, 2023/ Steve Donoghue
Palatine by Peter Stothard

A mesmerizing look at the Roman emperor Vitellius and the tumultuous times that produced him.

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June 23, 2023/ Steve Donoghue/
History
Palatine, Peter Stothard, Aulus Vitellius, Vitellii, ancient Rome, Roman history, Roman emperors, the twelve Caesars, Steve Donoghue, 2023
November 12, 2022

Nero by Anthony Everitt & Roddy Ashworth

November 12, 2022/ Steve Donoghue
Nero by Anthony Everitt & Roddy Ashworth

A new biography of the infamous Roman emperor Nero.

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November 12, 2022/ Steve Donoghue/
History
Nero: Matricide Music and Murder in Imperial Rome, Anthony Everitt, Roddy Ashworth, ancient Rome, Roman history, Nero, Roman emperors, biographym, Steve Donoghue
June 05, 2021

Dominus by Steven Saylor

June 05, 2021/ Steve Donoghue
Dominus by Steven Saylor

A big historical novel about two families living through some of the most turbulent years in Rome’s history.

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June 05, 2021/ Steve Donoghue/
Historical Fiction
Dominus, ancient Rome, Roman historical fictoin, historical fiction, Steven Saylor, Steve Donoghue
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