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0 points · 0 comments · 4 months ago · vintagedave

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I can highly recommend Lindsey Davis' Falco series, murder mysteries set in Ancient Rome. She brings the city to life, it's remarkably vivid, and -- I promise this comment is on topic for this thread! -- Roman apartment living is threaded throughout the series and apartment building construction even forms a major plot point in one book.

I can't say more without spoilers. Excellent for "feeling" what Rome was like.

https://www.goodreads.com/series/42173-marcus-didius-falco

maksimur4 months ago
A similar one, although less a story and more a documentary, is Alberto Angela's A day in the life of ancient Rome. It too, talks about apartments in ancient Rome.
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/6505103-a-day-in-the-...
Aurornis4 months ago
I’m looking for new fiction to add to the queue but my reading time is limited (unless you count children’s books in which case I’m reading 100s of books per year).
Do I need to read the first book in the series, or are they independent? If independent, can you recommend the best one for someone who only has time to read one?
izend4 months ago
Another amazing series is the Master of Rome series starting with the First Man of Rome book:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Man_in_Rome
GolfPopper4 months ago
There's a follow-up series with Falco's adopted daughter Flavia Albia that I found equally good. (And the details of her apartment lifestyle are a major plot point in at least one of them)
satvikpendem4 months ago
I mentioned this in another comment but The Forgotten City is a game with a similar setting, it's an ancient Rome first person mystery RPG where the player is supposed to figure out what happened.
jimbokun4 months ago
Wow she's certainly prolific!

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0 points · 0 comments · 4 months ago · vintagedave

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I can't say more without spoilers. Excellent for "feeling" what Rome was like.

https://www.goodreads.com/series/42173-marcus-didius-falco

maksimur4 months ago
A similar one, although less a story and more a documentary, is Alberto Angela's A day in the life of ancient Rome. It too, talks about apartments in ancient Rome.
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/6505103-a-day-in-the-...
Aurornis4 months ago
I’m looking for new fiction to add to the queue but my reading time is limited (unless you count children’s books in which case I’m reading 100s of books per year).
Do I need to read the first book in the series, or are they independent? If independent, can you recommend the best one for someone who only has time to read one?
izend4 months ago
Another amazing series is the Master of Rome series starting with the First Man of Rome book:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Man_in_Rome
GolfPopper4 months ago
There's a follow-up series with Falco's adopted daughter Flavia Albia that I found equally good. (And the details of her apartment lifestyle are a major plot point in at least one of them)
satvikpendem4 months ago
I mentioned this in another comment but The Forgotten City is a game with a similar setting, it's an ancient Rome first person mystery RPG where the player is supposed to figure out what happened.
jimbokun4 months ago
Wow she's certainly prolific!

news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48323766