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A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome by Emma Southon
11 reviews
sara_shocks's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Xenophobia, and Suicide attempt
inkwellimps's review
4.75
The book really shines in the later half once it has your attention. Southon interprets "murder" broadly and gives details about gladiator fights that were completely new to me, amongst a plethora of other topics including murder within families and what society deemed as murder via magic. I would say the most important part of this book is how it paints a detailed picture of slavery in Roman society. I had not realized quite how widespread the practice was. It was also interesting to me how Southon paints a realistic picture of Rome by assessing the biases that determine what history was written about and what history was not. I do recommend this book despite my rocky first impressions, and I intend to read more of Southon's works. I think for a general audience the writing style is approachable and the occasional modern analogy is welcome, I may have just had a problem with the audiobook's narrator.
Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Classism
Minor: Child death and Suicide
emmsbookshelf's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Colonisation, and War
brep23's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death, Torture, and Murder
Moderate: Gore, Sexual violence, and Suicide
kwthor's review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Trafficking, Murder, and Colonisation
christinesmith205's review
4.5
Graphic: Sexual violence and Murder
crownoflaurel's review
3.75
Graphic: Slavery
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Blood, and Murder
Minor: Child death, Sexual violence, and Suicide
yaboywillyshakes's review
2.25
Graphic: Incest, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Abortion, and Murder
It's about ancient Rome and murder, so perhaps the content warnings should be assumed, but the author sometimes shoehorns topics into places where I did not expect them, I wish I had been warned.gringolet's review
4.5
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Murder, Colonisation, and War
simixfe's review
3.25
Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Antisemitism