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Wrath of the Furies

by Steven Saylor Book 3 in the Ancient World series.

First published 2015

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Alexandria, Ephesus and Asia Minor, 88 BC. Gordianus receives evidence that his former tutor Antipater of Sidon is in danger at the court of Mithridates VI. Travelling into territory where Roman identity can be fatal, Gordianus and Bethesda disguise themselves and attempt to discover who sent the warning.

Mithridates is preparing coordinated violence against Roman and Italian residents of Asia. Gordianus becomes caught in court ritual, espionage and the events later remembered as the Asiatic Vespers, where solving a private mystery cannot prevent a political massacre.

Historical Periods

Mithridatic Wars88–63 BCE Ptolemaic Egypt305–30 BCE

Genres

Court & Political Fiction Crime & Mystery

Historical people

Antipater of Sidonc. 3rd century BCE–c. 2nd century BCE Mithridates VI of Pontus135 BCE–64 BCE

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