Ruwanthi’s Comments (group member since Feb 24, 2024)

Ruwanthi’s comments from the FAH Reading Challenge group.

22. Book written by an ancient Roman (or set in ancient Rome)
Title: Vespasian - Tribune of Rome
Author: Robert Fabbri

I’m trying to partly step out of my comfort zone for reading this year. So while I am a big fan of the Falco series by Lindsay Davies (detective series set in Ancient Rome), I went in another direction on this one. Emperor Vespasian is generally considered one of the better Emperors in Roman history, and is very often portrayed as a down-to-earth character in fiction (including the above Falco novels). So it was interesting to read a fictional biography setting out his path from farming to a Roman Emperor.