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The Judgment of Caesar

First edition
Author	Steven Saylor
Language	English
Series	Roma Sub Rosa
Genre	Historical novel
Publisher	St. Martin's Minotaur
Publication date	2004
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print ( Hardback & Paperback )
Pages	290 pp
ISBN	978-0312271190
Preceded by	A Mist of Prophecies
Followed by	A Gladiator Dies Only Once

The Judgment of Caesar is a historical novel by American author Steven Saylor , first published by St. Martin's Press in 2004. It is the tenth book in his Roma Sub Rosa series of mystery stories set in the final decades of the Roman Republic . The main character is the Roman sleuth Gordianus the Finder . ^[1]

Plot summary [ edit ]

The year is 48 BC, and there is civil war in the Roman Empire . Caesar has defeated his rival Pompey at Pharsalos and is pursuing him towards Egypt , where king Ptolemy XIII and his sister and wife Cleopatra are struggling for power. At the same time Gordianus the Finder is traveling to Egypt with his ailing Egyptian wife, Bethesda.

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