Lindsey Davis resources

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Jorn Barger November 2001 (updated Jan2002)

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#1 The Silver Pigs (Britain, mining)
#2 Shadows in Bronze (southern Italy and Pompeii)
#3 Venus in Copper (real estate)
#4 The Iron Hand of Mars (Germany)
#5 Poseidon's Gold (artists)
#6 Last Act in Palmyra (mideast, actors)
#7 Time to Depart (Rome, organised crime)
#8 A Dying Light in Corduba (Spain, olive oil)
#9 Three Hands in the Fountain
#10 Two for the Lions
#11 One Virgin Too Many (religion)
#12 Ode to a Banker
#13 A Body in the Bath House

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1. The Silver Pigs (1989)

Summer 70AD to Spring 71AD

official page

Maps: Forum, Circus Maximus, Ostia Road, Aurelian Way (ch1); Probus Bridge (ch3); Claudian aqueduct, Fabrician Bridge (ch14); Praetorian Camp (ch15); Britain w/popups, Britain 410AD detailed

Places mentioned: Mendip Hills and Charterhouse (p.xi); Forum (ch1) visualised, model; Temple of Saturn (ch1) ruins; Ostia Road (ch1); Abona (ch27); Ostia (ch37)

Historical characters: Vespasian

Tacitus on Vespasian: [etext]

Roman mines in Britain: [info&pix]

Spoils of Jerusalem war: relief

2. Shadows in Bronze (1990)

(continues plot of 'Silver Pigs', which should be read first)

official page

Maps: Aemilian Bridge (ch2); Via Aurelia, Quirinal (hill), Pons Cestius (ch4); Vicus Longus (ch7); Pincian Hill (ch11); Italy (ch12); Neapolis Bay relief (ch22)

Pix: Great Sewer (ch2); cryptoporticus (ch7); Temple of Hera (ch17); Vesuvius, Oplontis villa (ch23); Pompeii forum (ch24); Herculaneum (ch42); trireme ditto (ch71)

info: plumbing, ships

3. Venus in Copper (1991)

official page

4. The Iron Hand of Mars (1992)

official page

Historical background: Teutoburg, Civilis; Tacitus on Germany [etext]

5. Poseidon's Gold (1993)

official page

Maps: Saeptia Julia

6. Last Act in Palmyra (1994)

LD apologises for the lack of data about this place and time, and refuses to fabricate much, so this is less edutaining than average.

official page

Maps: w/popups

Petra: [pix] cliffs [pix&info] [scenery]

7. Time to Depart (1995)

official page

8. A Dying Light in Corduba (1996)

official page

9. Three Hands in the Fountain (1997)

official page

10. Two for the Lions (1998)

official page

Historical characters: Caenis

11. One Virgin Too Many (1999)

official page

Historical characters: Berenice

12. Ode to a Banker (2000)

official page

13. A Body in the Bath House (2001)

official page

Etexts: Tacitus, ditto, Suetonius, Thayer's site

Maps: Rome, hills [ditto], Rome, 1 AD, aerial model, N Europe, Thayer's; Britain 410 AD

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Pix: misc

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