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Carbo and the Thief: And Other Tales of Ancient Rome
by Alex Gough
Book 2 in the Carbo of Rome series.
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Roman Britain and Italy in the early imperial period. This collection expands Carbo’s world through linked stories involving the veteran before and around the events of the main novels. A stolen child’s bulla, an old gladiator companion and journeys shaped by military service reveal how Carbo’s past continues to intrude on civilian life.
Other tales develop figures including Elissa and Vespillo and move beyond Rome to battlefields and the frontier around Hadrian’s Wall. Together they connect crime, slavery, gladiatorial culture and survival, offering shorter perspectives on people whose lives intersect with the empire’s roads, forts and crowded cities.
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