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A review by karlshaus
Roma by Steven Saylor
informative
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death
Book includes multiple descriptions of dogs being killed, once during the description of the sack of Rome, following a Gaul attack of Capitoline Hill, the Romans throw a guard and a dog off the cliff as punishment for not warning them of the Gauls approaching by climbing the cliffside and again in Chapter 11 a dog is impaled on a spike and paraded through the city as part of a celebration, in remembrance of the Capitoline Hill attack. The description includes that this occurs yearly during the celebration.