num_pages: 335
description: Gordianus the Finder, famed detective of Ancient Rome, returns in a riveting of stories. Nine tales of murder and intrigue take him from the seamy streets of Rome to elegant villas on the Bay of Naples, from the spectacular backdrop of a chariot race to a domestic dispute with his Egyptian concubine Bethesda. In the title story a beautiful Nubian actress begs Gordianus to solve an impossible problem: how can she have just seen her beloved brother in the market place when she had previously watched him die a gruesome death as a gladiator?
language: English
title: A Gladiator Dies Only Once
titlecomplete: A Gladiator Dies Only Once (Roma Sub Rosa, #11)
genres: Fiction, Historical, Short Stories, Mystery, Roman, Detective, Mystery Thriller, Historical Mystery, Historical Fiction, Crime
ratings_count: 2035
series: Gordianus the Finder - Chronological , Roma Sub Rosa
publisher: Robinson Publishing