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Render Unto Caesar
First published 2003
In 16 BCE, Hermogenes, a prosperous Greek trader from Alexandria, travels to Rome to collect a large debt owed to his family. Roman citizenship does not protect him from prejudice or from the influence of the powerful debtor who would rather use status and connections than repay what he owes.
With the former arena fighter Cantabra acting as his bodyguard, Hermogenes pursues the claim through a capital transformed by Augustus’s new political order. The dispute becomes a historical thriller about law, patronage, violence and social rank, exposing how difficult it can be to demand justice when the opposing party belongs to Rome’s governing elite.
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