Historical Novel...?!

Aug 15, 2012 00:01

Before leaving I loaded my kindle with books, not a few Roman-themed, among these was The Forgotten Legion, set in  late Republican Rome. Characters end up fighting the Parthians with Crassus and being marooned in Central Asia after his defeat, very likely ending up in Liqian, China according to the author's note. I was very curious to see how ( Read more... )

italy, history, rome, books, facepalm

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la_marquise_de_ August 15 2012, 10:25:03 UTC
Headdesk. Those are such basic errors.

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marina_bonomi August 15 2012, 15:15:15 UTC
Yes, at least in the author's note he says that the introduction of imperial categories of gladiators is intentional, but, really, I don't care how long or how deep he has researched Crassus' campaigns if he introduces tomatoes 15 centuries too early...

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