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Triumphs and Tragedies
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Triumphs and Tragedies collects seven short stories set across the Roman Republic and Empire. The contributors use military service, political intrigue, domestic danger and criminal investigation to approach the classical world from different perspectives. Several stories revisit characters from established historical series, while others introduce new soldiers, officials and civilians whose private decisions intersect with imperial power.
Alistair Forrest’s contribution is Pillow Talk, appearing alongside stories by Derek Birks, Richard Foreman, Fiona Forsyth, Jacquie Rogers, Peter Tonkin and Alistair Tosh. Author interviews accompany the fiction and discuss research, historical interests and approaches to writing the ancient world. Because the collection spans both republican and imperial settings, it is assigned to those broad controlled Roman periods rather than to a single battle or reign.
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