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In a parallel modern world, the Roman Empire stretches from India in the East to the Great Wall of Terranova in the West. A runaway slave girl with a strange gift sets out to rescue her brother and seize her freedom, while the young heir to the Imperial throne discovers…
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1 author picked Romanitas as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
What if Rome never fell? That was enough to sell me this book, and into a vastly changed, modern-day Roman state I ventured.
The story tugs and tests your expectations – for much of the Roman world has become, by necessity, similar to our own, governed by technology, bureaucracy, and dominated by worldwide trade. But at its kernel, the age-old facets of imperial Rome remain – Praetorian Guards, devious intrigue… and crucifixion!
From Gordon's list on the fall of the Roman Empire.
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