A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome

by Emma Southon

He may have been an incestuous, sacrilegious, violent, horrible patrician co-opting the power of the plebeian Tribune, but he was their incestuous, sacrilegious, violent, horrible patrician co-opting their plebeian power

Imagine if your least favourite world leader just refused to stop being in charge when their term ended because they just didn’t want to and that they also had an enormous personal army.

You really have to know that you have done something truly terrible when the best possible defence that your biggest fan can give you is that you might have shat yourself.

The only difference, the line between murder and sport, was the rules.

It’s almost as bad as YA reviewers on GoodReads.