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A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome by Emma Southon
12 reviews
inkwellimps's review against another edition
4.75
The book really shines in the later half once it has your attention. Southon interprets "murder" broadly and gives details about gladiator fights that were completely new to me, amongst a plethora of other topics including murder within families and what society deemed as murder via magic. I would say the most important part of this book is how it paints a detailed picture of slavery in Roman society. I had not realized quite how widespread the practice was. It was also interesting to me how Southon paints a realistic picture of Rome by assessing the biases that determine what history was written about and what history was not. I do recommend this book despite my rocky first impressions, and I intend to read more of Southon's works. I think for a general audience the writing style is approachable and the occasional modern analogy is welcome, I may have just had a problem with the audiobook's narrator.
Graphic: Death, Murder, Violence, and Torture
Moderate: Sexual violence, Classism, Animal cruelty, Rape, and Slavery
Minor: Suicide and Child death
emmsbookshelf's review
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Death, Murder, Gore, Blood, War, Violence, Torture, Suicide, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Child death, Slavery, Sexual violence, and Colonisation
kwthor's review
3.5
Moderate: Suicide, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Violence, Murder, Cursing, Sexual violence, Gore, Child abuse, Animal death, Trafficking, Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Sexism, Colonisation, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Animal cruelty
subatomiclaura's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death, Animal cruelty, and Murder
another_dahlia's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Sexism, Murder, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Rape, Domestic abuse, Racism, Slavery, War, Animal cruelty, and Classism
allisonmeyette's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Animal death, and Classism
tlholmes's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Torture, Body horror, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Blood, Murder, Violence, Classism, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, and Misogyny
Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty
nassuada's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Murder, Sexism, Physical abuse, Blood, Body horror, Misogyny, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Classism, Death of parent, Slavery, Animal cruelty, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: War, Rape, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicide, Child abuse, and Abortion
simixfe's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Death, Blood, Violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Death of parent, Child death, Torture, and Slavery
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Animal death, Antisemitism, and Animal cruelty
anneshamitha's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Murder, Torture, Rape, War, Violence, Suicide, Slavery, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, Classism, and Child death
Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Genocide