A review by saltypiratewench
A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome by Emma Southon

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4.0

I enjoyed her dry humor and taking the piss out of ancient ideas.  She made following the names of all these Romans easier than in other historical audiobooks I've tried.  The subject matter was very interesting and I learned a lot of new things.  I wish there could have been more about common people, but as she says in the book repeatedly, we don't know enough about them because they weren't important enough to the Romans to write anything about.  The stuff at the end about the executions and coliseum and crucifixions was ghastly and so interesting!
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