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A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome by Emma Southon
2 reviews
kwthor's review against another edition
dark
funny
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
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
gringolet's review
dark
funny
informative
fast-paced
4.5
An incredibly fascinating, well researched and thoughtful book; I would like to give it five stars but for the fact that, while I overall enjoyed the casual and witty tone, the narration sometimes went overboard to the detriment of the book. It felt at times like the book was apologizing for being itself, and felt the need to say "this information is boring, this topic is dull, here have a pop culture reference which will painfully age this otherwise excellent book". I found the information interesting, and I think a lot of people do, as evidenced by the success of the book, and I do wish it would have more faith in it's readers. That being said, I still wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone interested in the subject, especially for how it dealt with slavery in ancient Rome. I can easily see (and in fact, have read) lesser books which are unwilling or unable to fully acknowledge the unbearable and overwhelming ugliness of it, to the extent of revisionism and apologetics.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Murder, Colonisation, and War