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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Epigraphs
Day One: March 10
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Chapter XI
Chapter XII
Day Two: March 11
Chapter XIII
Chapter XIV
Chapter XV
Chapter XVI
Day Three: March 12
Chapter XVII
Chapter XVIII
Chapter XIX
Chapter XX
Chapter XXI
Chapter XXII
Day Four: March 13
Chapter XXIII
Chapter XXIV
Chapter XXV
Day Five: March 14
Chapter XXVI
Chapter XXVII
Chapter XXVIII
Chapter XXIX
Day Six: March 15
Chapter XXX
Chapter XXXI
Chapter XXXII
Chapter XXXIII
Chapter XXXIV
Chapter XXXV
Chapter XXXVI
Day Seven: March 16
Chapter XXXVII
Chapter XXXVIII
Chapter XXXIX
Days Eight, Nine & Ten: March 17, 18 & 19
Chapter XL
Chapter XLI
Day Eleven: March 20
Chapter XLII
Chapter XLIII
Chapter XLIV
Day Twelve: March 21
Chapter XLV
Chapter XLVI
Day Thirteen: March 22
Chapter XLVII
Chapter XLVIII
Day Fourteen: March 23
Chapter XLIX
Chapter L
Chapter LI
Chapter LII
Coda
Author’s Note
Also by Steven Saylor
About the Author
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
THE THRONE OF CAESAR. Copyright © 2018 by Steven Saylor. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
Cover design by David Baldeosingh Rotstein
Cover photograph: Murder of Caesar © ART Collection/Alamy Stock Photo
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Names: Saylor, Steven, 1956– author.
Title: The throne of Caesar: a mystery of ancient Rome / Steven Saylor.
Description: First edition. | New York: Minotaur Books, 2018.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017041306 | ISBN 9781250087126 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781250087133 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Gordianus, the Finder (Fictitious character), 110 B.C.—Fiction. | Caesar, Julius—Fiction. | Rome—History—Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.—Fiction. | GSAFD: Historical fiction. | Mystery fiction.
Classification: LCC PS3569.A96 T48 2018 | DDC 813/.54—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017041306
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First Edition: February 2018