Can anyone rec me some good Roman fiction? I've read most of Steven Saylor's stuff, and I couldn't finish a Lindsey Davis book because of historical inaccuracies. I've read a few novels set during the eruption of Pompeii (which I enjoy, but it's getting overdone), but what I'd really love is some Roman Britain.

So, any reccomendations?

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solelyfictional
2008-03-17 06:26 pm UTC (link)

There's a certain about of Roman fiction (and Roman research) that requires a little cross-eyeing with the Christiantiy, but I'm capable of reading past it now. It's like the blind championing of Roman Imperialism while carefully blanking the nasty sides of the culture, or, my favourite, the very determined desistance that despite how often homosexuality turns up in fiction, fact and art, they would never ever engage in such dirty, naughty, un-christian acts. Ah, Romans. All things to all ages, as long as you keep your eyes mostly shut.

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	comixology 2008-03-17 07:51 pm UTC (link)
	It's true, there is a certain level of omission in Roman fiction that is almost unavoidable. Quo Vadis does address some of those un-christian acts, but it's mostly interested in showing, like, how the Romans eventually saw the error of their ways, and what-not. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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