Atticus of Rome — Barry Denenberg

THE LIFE AND TIMES
Atticus is a young boy who has been torn from his family and home and sold into slavery to a Roman aristocrat. As a spy for Lucius Opimius, he quickly learns that not all is as it seems in the republic of Rome. Politicians and greedy merchants plot against each other, and Atticus must do his best to protect his kindly master...and in turn, the emperor.

Acclaimed author Barry Denenberg brings history to life in this story about the intrigue of Roman politics and the bloody violence of the gladiator.