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Titus Annius Milo

96 BCE–49 BCE

Titus Annius Milo was a Roman politician and gang leader in the late Republic. His killing of Clodius Pulcher in 52 BC led to a famous trial defended by Cicero and showed the violent breakdown of Roman street politics.

Titus Annius Milo also held the offices or ranks of tribune of the plebs, quaestor, and aedile. Titus Annius Milo was born in Lanuvium and died in Compsa.

Steven Saylor’s A Murder on the Appian Way places Titus Annius Milo at the centre of the political crisis following the death of his rival Publius Clodius Pulcher in 52 BCE. As Milo prepares to stand trial, Gordianus investigates whether the fatal encounter was accident, ambush or assassination. Milo’s armed followers, electoral ambitions and feud with Clodius allow the novel to turn one murder case into a portrait of Republican Rome where street gangs, courts and political power are increasingly inseparable.

Periods

Periods linked to Titus Annius Milo

Late Roman Republic133–27 BCE

Series

Historical novels and book series featuring Titus Annius Milo (1 series)

Roma Sub Rosa in Order

by Steven Saylor 13 books 4.1(53,315)

The Roma Sub Rosa series follows Gordianus the Finder through the last generation of the Roman Republic. His investigations begin in the aftermath of Sulla’s dictatorship and continue through slave revolt, aristocratic trials, Catiline’s conspiracy, Caesar’s civil war and the assassination of Julius Caesar. The series uses murder…

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