Daniel Godfrey is the author of the novel
New Pompeii. One of his five top books about ancient Rome, as shared at Tor.com:
The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis
Roman novels often center on big battles that formed or defined the Empire. The Silver Pigs instead uses the Roman backdrop to set up a mystery, relating to the smuggling of silver ingots, or “pigs.” We are soon introduced to our proto-private detective—a Roman called Falco—who is hired in by the Emperor Vespasian. Of course, there was nothing like a modern police force in Ancient Rome but, just like in modern detective fiction, Falco’s investigations allow him to poke his nose into both low and high society—including forming a relationship with a woman of high birth—and thereby gives us a view of Roman life away from military camps and palaces.
Read about
the other books on the list.
See Lindsey Davis's
top ten Roman books and
ten top books about ancient Rome, and
Tom Holland's five worthy books on ancient Rome.
--Marshal Zeringue
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