I really liked this series. Truly one of the most impactful and tumultuous times of human history and seeing the period from the perspective of both a politician and non military man and his secretary is a really interesting way to do it. I love that there are periods where Tiro is sick and can't report on what's happening, I love that Cicero's fortunes go from bad to worse to better than ever to crashing down again. Given that most readers will know where it all ends up, there's a lot of interesting politics that don't get put centre stage in the normal telling to make things interesting too.