Steven Saylor has a pretty killer historical fiction series set in ancient Rome. The main character is a bit like today's private detective archtype, but dealing with the daily routine and political scene in Rome. Exhaustively researched and very, very well done.
I've read a few of them, the only title I can remember is Murder on the Appian Way.
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__________________ All manner of men came to work for the News: everything from wild young Turks who wanted to rip the world in half and start all over again -- to tired, beer-bellied old hacks who wanted nothing more than to live out their days in peace before a bunch of lunatics ripped the world in half.
Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
The Rum Diary
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