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Emma Southon

Emma Southon holds a PhD in ancient history from the University of Birmingham, UK, and is the author of the acclaimed A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. She combines rigorous scholarship with an engaging, accessible style to bring the lives of ordinary Romans, especially enslaved people, to the fore.

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A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Emma Southon

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Not Built in a Day How Slavery Made the Roman Empire

Emma Southon

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A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Not Built in a Day How Slavery Made the Roman Empire