Pomegranate

Rome recounts the tragedy of the traitorous hero Coriolanus, the capture of the city by the Gauls, Hannibal's invasion, the fierce political struggles of the patricians and plebeians, and the definitive demise of the Roman Republic with the triumph and assassination of Julius Caesar. Sometimes as witnesses, sometimes as protagonists of the story, are the descendants of two of Rome's first families—the Potitius and Pinarii—sometimes represented by a confidant of Romulus, sometimes by a slave who leads a Vestal Virgin to break her vows. And, uniting dozens of their generations, a mysterious talisman as old as the city itself. Epic in every sense of the word, Rome is a sweeping historical saga, another magnificent work by Steven Saylor.