As always Saylor's descriptions of the ways of ancient Rome are well worth reading even if the plot is otherwise a bit thin. Now, in Empire, Saylor charts the destinies of five more generations of the Pinarius family, from the reign of the first emperor, Augustus, to the glorious height of Romes empire under Hadrian. In some wways the book seems an excuse for Saylor to describe the 4 triumphs that Caesar celebrates (they've been accummulating while he was off fighting other wars.) Caesar survives as the fatal Ides of March are not reached although the Roman Calendar does play a significant part in the plot. In the international bestseller Roma, Steven Saylor told the story of the first thousand years of Rome by following the descendants of a single bloodline. He is dragged out of retirement once again by the death of a friend. Review 2: This is the final book in the Roma Sub Rosa series with Goridanus the finder now returned from Egypt. And the best part - by the time I was done with a novel, I was left with the feeling of being more informed about Roman His. This allowed for a lot of imagination and I found myself waiting to read about the next big character. It was only in the end that the Finder played an active role instead of a passive one.On the plus side, the style of writing was succinct but still managed to pack large amounts of historical details in it. Also, the pace of the story felt uneven since Gordanius' deductions did not keep up with the speed of the happenings in the story.
While I enjoyed reading the detailed descriptions of the characters, I felt that parts of the story were repetitive (read Triumphs). Review 1: This is the first time I read a book in this genre and setting.
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