![]() ![]() The books spans a thousand years and multiple generations so character development is lacking – but the story is gorgeous. ![]() However, an artifact isn’t a character and while I found the book very interesting and entertaining, I felt as if it lacked focus. The story follows an artifact, a winged phallus ( fascinus), which is handed down from generation to generation until its significance is lost and it simply becomes an ancient heirloom passed down. ![]() While it seems that the book might be glossing over some of the big events that defined ancient Rome, I felt that it did a marvelous job attempting to describe the day-to-day lives of the Romans. The book touches on many famous stories and events, Hercules, Romulus and Remus, the rape of the Sabine women, rape of Lucretia, the abduction of Verginia and the festival of Lupercalia which I always wanted to know more about. ![]() The book tells of the origins of Roma by mixing legends with actual events focusing on Roma’s two most famous families, Potitii and Pinarii. Coincidentally Livy also inspired Shakespeare though I would not mistake Shakespeare’s works for anything close to history, too bad many other authors do. The book succeeds superbly in some parts, but not so much in others.Īccording to Steven Saylor ( website | Facebook), his book “Roma” is mainly inspired by Roman historian Livy. “Roma” by Steven Saylor is a packed historical fiction book which attempts to tell 1,000 years of history in 600 pages. ![]()
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