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''Roma Sub Rosa'' is the title of the series of historical mystery novels by Steven Saylor set in ancient Rome and populated by noteworthy denizens thereof. The series is noted for its historical authenticity. The phrase "Roma Sub Rosa" means, in Latin, "Rome under the rose". If a matter was ''sub rosa'', "under the rose", it meant that such matter was confidential. The detective is known as Gordianus the Finder, and he mixes with non-fictional citizens of the Republic including Sulla, Cicero, Marcus Crassus, Catilina, Catullus, Pompey, Julius Caesar, and Mark Antony. ==Characters== For an ancient Roman, Gordianus has an unconventional family: * Bethesda, his beautiful Egyptian slave purchased from a slave market in Alexandria. Bethesda and Gordianus have a mutually affectionate relationship and are later married. * Eco, his oldest adopted son, was a former mute who was a key player in the book Roman Blood that followed in his father's (meaning Gordianus) footsteps as an investigator. Eco is most likely named after Umberto Eco who wrote ''The Name of the Rose'', a historical mystery novel. * Meto, his second adopted son, was a slave of Crassus who became a soldier serving under Julius Caesar. * Rupa, his third adopted son, brother to Cassandra, a mute. * Diana, his intellectual and headstrong daughter (by Bethesda). * Davus, his son-in-law (Diana's husband) who was Gordianus' former slave and bodyguard. * Aulus, his grandson (by Diana). * Little Bethesda, his granddaughter (by Diana). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roma Sub Rosa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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