num_pages: 240
description: The purchase of a slave for their teacher leads a group of schoolboys in ancient Rome to discover that the slave is a messenger with a demand to assassinate a Roman senator who happens to be the father of one of the boys. Simultaneous.
language: English
title: Mystery of the Roman Ransom
titlecomplete: Mystery of the Roman Ransom
genres: Fiction, Historical, Mystery, Juvenile, School, Young Adult, Ancient History, Middle Grade, Childrens, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 2081
places: Rome
series: Detectives in Togas
publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books