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.
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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
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