Roma Sub Rosa Series by Steven Saylor

Steven Saylor is also the author of the ROMA SUB ROSA series of historical mysteries featuring Gordianus the Finder, set in the ancient Rome of Cicero, Caesar, and Cleopatra. The latest books in the series are two prequels--THE SEVEN WONDERS, which follows the 18-year-old Gordianus on his journey to the Seven Wonders of the World, and RAIDERS OF THE NILE, in which young Gordianus, living in Egypt, finds himself drawn into a plot to steal the golden sarcophagus of Alexander the Great.

To read the previous books of the ROMA SUB ROSA series in chronological order, begin with ROMAN BLOOD, then THE HOUSE OF THE VESTALS (short stories), A GLADIATOR DIES ONLY ONCE (short stories), ARMS OF NEMESIS , CATILINA'S RIDDLE, THE VENUS THROW, A MURDER ON THE APPIAN WAY, RUBICON, LAST SEEN IN MASSILIA, A MIST OF PROPHECIES, THE JUDGMENT OF CAESAR, and THE TRIUMPH OF CAESAR.

Roma Sub Rosa list of books:
01. Roman Blood (1991)
02. Arms of Nemesis (1992)
03. Catilina's Riddle (1993)
04. The Venus Throw (1995)
05. A Murder On the Appian Way (1996)
06. The House of the Vestals (1997)
07. Rubicon (1999)
08. Last Seen in Massilia (2000)
09. A Mist of Prophecies (2002)
10. The Judgement of Caesar (2004)
11. A Gladiator Dies Only Once (2005)
12. The Triumph of Caesar (2008)
13. The Seven Wonders (2013)
14. Raiders of the Nile (2014)