Like several novels in the series, this one is based on a trial oration by Cicero, in this case In Defence of Sextus Roscius of Ameria ( Pro Sexto Roscio Amerino). Roman Blood (1991), in which Gordianus is hired by the great orator and advocate Cicero in 80 BC.For a chronological listing, see the separate Roma Sub Rosa article. This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items.

The couple split their time between properties in Berkeley, California, and Austin, Texas. Saylor has lived with Richard Solomon since 1976 they registered as domestic partners in San Francisco in 1991 and later dissolved that partnership in order to legally marry in October 2008. Saylor contributed autobiographical essays to three anthologies of gay writing edited by John Preston, Hometowns, A Member of the Family, and Friends and Lovers, and prior to his novel-writing career he published gay erotic fiction under the pen name Aaron Travis. Have You Seen Dawn? is a contemporary thriller set in a fictional Texas town, Amethyst, based on Saylor's hometown, Goldthwaite, Texas. Henry, is set in Austin in the 1880s and based on real-life serial murders and trials (the case of the so-called Servant Girl Annihilator). Saylor has also written two novels set in Texas. His work has been published in 21 languages. Outside this crime novel series, Saylor has also written three epic-length historical novels about the city of Rome, Roma, Empire, and Dominus. The novels' hero is a detective named Gordianus the Finder, active during the time of Sulla, Cicero, Julius Caesar, and Cleopatra. Saylor's best-known work is his Roma Sub Rosa historical mystery series, set in ancient Rome. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied history and classics.

Steven Saylor (born March 23, 1956) is an American author of historical novels. Writers' League of Texas Violet Crown Award Historical fiction, mystery fiction, novel, short story

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