is there some good fiction set in Ancient Rome? i mean not

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2016-06-22 09:15:40 Post No. 8194554
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Anonymous 2016-06-22 09:15:40 Post No. 8194554 [Report]

is there some good fiction set in Ancient Rome?

i mean not this senatus kind of shit where everything is clean, white marble, and patricians are speaking like they are in a TV series. I want to feel the filth of the roman paved streets, the crowded colorful buildings, the plebs and thieves, the scent of the slaves, etc. something very realistic and filled with good historical details about everyday life

tl;dr : i want Dostoïevski in Ancient Rome

Can you recommend me some books?

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Anonymous 2016-06-22 09:32:37 Post No.8194579
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Anonymous 2016-06-22 09:32:37 Post No.8194579 [Report]

you want the satyricon m8

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Anonymous 2016-06-22 12:20:34 Post No.8194899
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Anonymous 2016-06-22 12:20:34 Post No.8194899 [Report]

>>8194579
i might. is there anything more recent?

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Anonymous 2016-06-22 12:24:17 Post No.8194912
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Anonymous 2016-06-22 12:24:17 Post No.8194912 [Report]

>>8194554
You can try the works of Sinkiewicz

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Anonymous 2016-06-22 13:56:04 Post No.8195139
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Anonymous 2016-06-22 13:56:04 Post No.8195139 [Report]

I, Claudius by Graves
Julian by Gore Vidal
Memoirs of Hadrian by Yourencar

You should also read Gene Wolfe's Latrobe in the Mist just because

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Anonymous 2016-06-22 14:01:35 Post No.8195154
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Anonymous 2016-06-22 14:01:35 Post No.8195154 [Report]

>>8194554
Augustus by John Williams is set in ancient Rome. Haven't read it but if Stoner's anything to judge by it's probably at least great.

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Anonymous 2016-06-22 14:04:28 Post No.8195158
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Anonymous 2016-06-22 14:04:28 Post No.8195158 [Report]

>>8195139
This, also Count Belisarius

>>8194912
Quo Vadis is pretty /lit/

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Anonymous 2016-06-22 14:39:32 Post No.8195246
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Anonymous 2016-06-22 14:39:32 Post No.8195246 [Report]

>>8194554
The gladiators Arthur koestler

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Anonymous 2016-06-22 16:50:24 Post No.8195551
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Anonymous 2016-06-22 16:50:24 Post No.8195551 [Report]

OP here. thanks all for the recs

the novels you put forward are all set in ancient rome but most of them seem to be centered on roman aristocracy or upper class.

is there a book where the protagonist is just a modest plebeian or something?

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Anonymous 2016-06-22 16:54:15 Post No.8195559
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Anonymous 2016-06-22 16:54:15 Post No.8195559 [Report]

>>8195551
The Marcus Didius Falco books are well-beloved but not really literary.