Steven M Rutledge

Imperial Inquisitions: Prosecutors and Informants from Tiberius to Domitian

Delatores (political informants) and accusatores (malicious prosecutors) were a major part of life in imperial Rome. Contemporary sources depict them as cruel and heartless mercenaries, who bore the main responsibility for institutionalising and enforcing the 'tyranny' of the infamous rulers of the ...

Mechanics of Murder (Josephine Lingenfelter series)

NOTE TO MY READERS: This novel was written for my father when he was living with me. I had almost completed it when he had a stroke. I rushed to finish the book, encouraging him to get better so that he could go to my first book signing and see his daughter begin her new career. I normally have 3 di...

With Love; Now & Forever

Multiple soul mates. She ran the statement through her shocked brain, allowing it to seep into her broken heart. Twelve years after losing the love of her life, she was being told that everyone has more than one chance at true love. Could it possibly be true? From outward appearances, Anastasia Cass...

Ancient Rome as a Museum: Power, Identity, and the Culture of Collecting (Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture and Representation)

In antiquity, Rome represented one of the world's great cultural capitals. The city constituted a collective repository for various commemoratives, cultural artefacts, and curiosities, not to mention plunder taken in war, and over its history became what we might call a "museum city." Ancient Rome a...

Imperial Inquisitions: Prosecutors and Informants from Tiberius to Domitian

Imperial Inquisitions: Prosecutors and Informants from Tiberius to Domitian

Imperial Inquisitions: Prosecutors and Informants from Tiberius to Domitian