Author: John Maddox Roberts
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Historical fiction, Mystery, Fiction, Crime
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9780312595074
0312595077 |
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Gaius Julius Caesar, now Dictator of Rome, has decided to revise the Roman calendar, which has become out of sync with the seasons.
As if this weren't already an unpopular move, Caesar has brought in astronomers and astrologers from abroad, including Egyptians, Greeks, Indians and Persians. Decius is appointed to oversee this project, which he knows rankles the Roman public: "To be told by a pack of Chaldeans and Egyptians how to conduct their duties towards the gods was intolerable."
Not long after the new calendar project begins, two of the foreigners are murdered. Decius begins his investigations and, as the body count increases, it seems that an Indian fortuneteller popular with patrician Roman ladies is also involved.
This book is part of the "SPQR" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "Oracle of the Dead"
First published in 2005
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 | "Under Vesuvius"
First published in 2001
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 | "A Point of Law"
First published in 2001
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 | "The Tribune's Curse"
First published in 1996
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 | "Saturnalia"
First published in 1994
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 | "The Sacrilege"
First published in 1992
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 | "The King's Gambit"
First published in 1990
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