925 reviews for:

A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome

Emma Southon

4.12 AVERAGE

ernestpenguin's review against another edition

4.25

funny informative

m_ae's review against another edition

1.0

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The subject matter was interesting and the book was informative, but this is my least favourite type of history book: trying to gain the reader's sympathy by being vulgar and hating on rich white men.

robgav14's review against another edition

1.5

slow-paced

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Turns out I'm not as interested in the Romans definition of murder as I thought I would be. 

sarah_bell's review against another edition

4.25

informative medium-paced

beebecca930's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark funny informative lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

vanillafire's review against another edition

4.0

informative reflective medium-paced

kb2287's review against another edition

4.0

informative

reaganb1212's review against another edition

5.0

funny informative fast-paced

ilostyourphone's review against another edition

4.0

informative reflective medium-paced

simonalvey's review against another edition

5.0

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A book that lives up to its brilliant title, yes it is packed with examples told in a witty, approachable style that is based in rigourous and intelligent scholarship, it succeeds in giving life to Ancient Rome, but its greatest success is to give a sense of the profoundly alien nature of Roman values and society.