Spurius, A Novel: Consul of Rome who crushed the cult of Bacchus, 186 BC

A political whodunit set in ancient Rome after her victory over Hannibal, Spurius addresses questions of individual freedom and the official distortion of truth that remain highly relevant today.

It is a perilous time for the Roman Republic. Victory over her nemesis Hannibal in the Second Punic War and the subsequent conquest of Greece have led to widespread debauchery and mayhem on the Italian peninsula. Into the breach steps Spurius Postumius Albinus, Consul of Rome in 186 BC, who turns de...