Roman Blood By Steven Saylor Setting Roman Blood is set in Rome, 80 B.C. It is a warm spring morning when Gordianus starts his investigation on a crime. He lives in a large house, a little run down over the years since being passed down to him from his father. Himself, along with his one slave, Bethesda, an Egyptian woman usually sits in his big garden. The streets of Rome are where most of the …showed first 75 words of 722 total…

…showed last 75 words of 722 total…that goes on in the book. Every single character in the book blushes and he writes it in at least every other page. All of this was so repetitive and unreal that it took away the realism from the story. What I found interesting is that the story is based on Cicero's defense for a real case called Por Sexto Roscio Amerino. Overall, this novel was quite exciting and I would recommend it to anybody.