
A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Murder in Ancient Rome
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Narrated by:
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Sophie Ward
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Emma Southon
An entertaining and informative look at the unique culture of crime, punishment, and killing in ancient Rome
In ancient Rome, all the best stories have one thing in common - murder. Romulus killed Remus to found the city; Caesar was assassinated to save the Republic. Caligula was butchered in the theater; Claudius was poisoned at dinner; and Galba was beheaded in the Forum. In one 50-year period, 26 emperors were murdered.
But what did killing mean in a city where gladiators fought to the death to sate a crowd? In A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Emma Southon examines a trove of real-life homicides from Roman history to explore Roman culture, including how perpetrator, victim, and the act itself were regarded by ordinary people. Inside ancient Rome’s darkly fascinating history, we see how the Romans viewed life and death and what it means to be human.
©2021 Emma Southon. Published in 2021 by Abrams Press, an imprint of ABRAMS, New York. All rights reserved (P)2021 Blackstone PublishingListeners also enjoyed...




















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Not a run of the mill history of Rome
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best history book ever
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Excellent
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Roman history without gloss
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This one was fun!
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Funny yet serious
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History is absolutely nuts sometimes.
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Some technical glitches
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Unfortunately her use of expletives and dark humour detracts. The subject matter can not be treated as terrible, inhuman and beyond comprehension at the same time as being strewn with swearing and attempts at humour.
That being said it is certainly a book that forces one to acknowledge that all that sparkles has been hewn from the earth at a terrible cost. The Roman heroes stood upon the corpses of the murdered.
Interesting but turns tedious
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Hilarious!!!!
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