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Last Seen in Massilia
Last Seen in Massilia is a historical novel by American author Steven Saylor, first published by St. Martin's Press in 2000. It is the eighth book in his Roma Sub Rosa series of mystery stories set in the final decades of the Roman Republic. The main character is the Roman sleuth Gordianus the Finder.
Plot summary.
The year is 49 BC, and there is civil war in the Roman Empire. Caesar is besieging the ancient Greek colony of Massilia in Gaul, which has allied
of the rabble-rouser Publius Clodius Pulcher on the Appian Way outside Rome.
- "Rubicon" (1999), in which Caesar crosses the Rubicon and the members of the Senate flee Rome, plunging the Roman world into civil war.
- "Last Seen in Massilia" (2000) takes place in Massilia (now Marseille) during the siege of the city by Caesar's troops.
- "A Mist of Prophecies" (2002) is set in the city of Rome during the Roman civil war