Review of The Venus Trhow
Steven Saylor, the expert of Roman life, was born in Texas in 1956. He continued to college where he graduated with high honors in history and Classics from the University of Texas at Austin. Saylor went on to be a writer where he wrote the Roma Sub Roma series, which includes nine books, that deeply enthralls readers into the roman lifestyle. He is a baby boomer that will grow old and live off of what is left of social security. His times were times of great economical growth and technological development. Saylor has been used as a Roman life expert for the History Channel, and many people consider him a Roman know-it-all. He wrote several short stories about his favorite character "Gordianus" from the Roma Sub Rosa series, and a few western mysteries in Texas. He is married and lives happily between his homes in Austin, Texas, and Berkely, California. The Venus Throw by Steven Saylor is a murder mystery that takes you through the depths of Roman corruption as a murder unfolds. Gordianus the Finder is the fictional Roman character who solves these mysteries; this being Sherlock Holmes' previous life. Gordianus' old instructor from Alexandria, Dio, is in need of help. Dio and other philosophers were marching to the se
Steven Saylor conveys fictional history in a way that makes it seem non-fictional. With King Alexander II of Egypt leaving in Egypt to Rome where the current leader Ptolemy Auletes left Egypt for Rome to seek Rome's acknowledgment of his rule. The philosophers envoy went as far as Puteoli to try and get Rome to accept there idea, but turned around when several were killed. Cicero was exiled from Rome by P. Clodius and then brought back to fight the case of Marcus Caelius. The Alexandrian philosophers fail when Dio dies and lose all hope of having there way. Caesar was in Gaul fighting for more territory. Caesar and Pompey's rivalry is covered, as well as, Clodia's whorish ways and her attempts at revenge against Marcus Caelius. The festival of the Great Mother, Attis is shown in its completeness in the book as well. nate to make sure King Ptolemy remained out of Egypt. Ptolemy hired the Roman general Pompey who allegedly hired a gang led by Marcus Caelius to stop the philosophers from reaching Rome. Dio being the only Alexandrian left in the party dies that night, after he hires Gordianus to help him. The Finder then finds himself trapped in a bigger mystery than he could have ever imagined himself attempting to solve. The story of the Venus Throw by Steven Saylor was a great novel. After researching the parallels to most of the events detailed into the book it has made the book even more interesting. If a person wanted to learn about history they could literally read a Saylor book and get a well rounded education with poetry, politics, and an understanding to society, these are all included in his books and with these ideas comes living historical examples. To create a story of this skill and have so many parallels and to not alter the historical timeline to a great degree requires great talent and great knowledge of the Roman times. Steven Saylor is an excellent scholar, and writer and he shows it in this book The Venus Throw and shows it probably just as much if not more in his other books. Dio was staying with a Titus Coponius the night of his death, whereupon, the Finder, Gordianus made his way to Coponius' house in his search for avenging Dio's murder. Coponius was more hospitable than Lucceius and helped Gordianus out. They found that Dio's room had been broken into but he was already dead before it was broken into. When Clodia found out that Caelius might get away with this she began her plot to set him up. She poisoned h
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Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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