Last Seen in Massilia: A Novel of Ancient Rome

  The fates of various historical figures in Last Seen in Massilia—including Milo, Domitius, and Trebonius (not to mention Caesar)—may yet be dealt with in future volumes of the Roma Sub Rosa series. But as it seems unlikely that Gordianus will cross paths again with Gaius Verres, I will note that the notorious art connoisseur came to a bad end. Six years after the siege, still an exile in Massilia, Verres was put to death in the same round of proscriptions, ordered by Marc Antony, that proved fatal to Verres’s old nemesis, Cicero. Verres’s crime? Antony coveted one of his ill-gotten works of art.

  Also by Steven Saylor

  A Twist at the End: A Novel of O. Henry

  Have You Seen Dawn?

  Roma: The Novel of Ancient Rome

  Empire: The Novel of Imperial Rome

  Roma Sub Rosa Consisting of

  Roman Blood

  The House of the Vestals

  A Gladiator Dies Only Once

  Arms of Nemesis

  Catilina’s Riddle

  The Venus Throw

  A Murder on the Appian Way

  Rubicon

  A Mist of Prophecies

  The Judgment of Caesar

  The Triumph of Caesar

  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.

  LAST SEEN IN MASSILIA. Copyright © 2000 by Steven Saylor. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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  The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:

  Saylor, Steven, 1956–

  Last seen in Massilia / Steven Saylor.—1st ed.

  p. cm.

  ISBN: 978-1-4299-2753-6

  1. Gordianus the Finder (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Missing persons—Fiction. 3. Rome—History—Civil War, 49–45 B.C.—Fiction. 4. Marseille (France)—Fiction. I. Title.

  PS3569.A96 L37 2000

  813’.54—dc21

  00031744