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

In Ancient Rome, all the best stories have one thing in common-murder. 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, death, and ...