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Roman blood saylor5/22/2023 ![]() Diana, his intellectual and headstrong daughter (by Bethesda).Rupa, his third adopted son, brother to Cassandra a mute.Meto, his second adopted son, was a slave of Crassus who became a soldier serving under Julius Caesar.He followed in his father's (meaning Gordianus) footsteps as an investigator. He recovered his speech in Arms of Nemesis. Eco, his oldest adopted son, was a mute boy when he first appeared as a key player in the book Roman Blood. ![]() Bethesda and Gordianus have a mutually affectionate relationship and are later married after he frees her. ![]() Bethesda, his beautiful Egyptian slave purchased from a slave market in Alexandria.The detective is known as Gordianus the Finder, and he mixes with non-fictional citizens of the Republic including Sulla, Cicero, Marcus Crassus, Catilina, Catullus, Pompey, Julius Caesar, and Mark Antony.įor an ancient Roman, Gordianus has an unconventional family: ![]() The phrase "Roma Sub Rosa" means, in Latin, "Rome under the rose." If a matter was sub rosa, "under the rose," it meant that such matter was confidential. Roma Sub Rosa is a series of historical mystery novels by Steven Saylor set in ancient Rome and therefore populated by famous historic roman citizens. ![]()
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