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

5.0

As the author says, focusing on murder allows us to see the contradictions of Rome (often lost in neoclassical worship of the past) and the ways they were both like and unlike us. It helps that the author has such a fantastic, sassy voice. She’s an automatic read for me from now on