Gordianus is growing old, and the next novel will have to deal with the murder of Caesar and the death of Cicero.

This is almost certainly the next to last novel in this series. Still, it is entertaining enough, and has enough historical detail to be interesting without being pedantic. There's no sense that Gordianus' life is in danger, and no real sense of foreboding about the death of Caesar, since we know that won't happen for another 2 years. This was a much lighter novel than the previous few in the series. He accepts the case only because his old friend Hieronymous (from the novel 'Last Seen In Massillia') had also been hired by Calpurnia, and had turned up murdered. His wife Calpurnia is convinced that his life is in danger, and hires Gordianus to investigate. and Caesar has returned from the Civil war, the war in Africa, and the war in Asia. Now 30 years later Gordianus has acquired a house on the Palatine and is well known to the upper reaches of Roman society. 'Gordianus the Finder' is a kind of private detective who started his career working for Cicero on a case of parricide. The Triumph of Caesar is the 12th in the Gordianus series of novels set in ancient Rome. On the reread the book struck me as slightly weaker than I remembered it as the mystery is again somewhat tame, while the historical fiction part (usually the strength of these novels) is less interesting, though there are superb moments like Gordianus interviews with Vercingetorix, Arsinoe, Cleopatra the triumphal parades etc overall still a very good book, though not quite among the top Gordianus novels as I originally thought (Catillina's riddle remains my all time favorite, with Roman Blood, Murder on the Appian way, Arms of Nemesis, Mist of Prophecies and Rubicon the top tier, Venus Throw, Last seen in Massilia and these last 2 - Triumph and Judgement as second tier) I remember quite liking this one when I read it first being about Gordianus return to Rome and his investigation of a possible plot to kill Caesar at one of his 46 BC triumphs which Gordianus first refuses to do when Calpurnia asks, but then agrees when he finds out that his Massilian friend Hyeronimus 'the Scapegoat' was murdered trying to emulate Gordianus and investigate for Calpurnia when our hero was presumed dead in Egypt as there is no original read review from publication date (I have read all Gordianus books pretty much on publication and even earlier when i was lucky to get an arc), I will add only a few things. Reread in 2018 on the release of the long awaited Ides Gordianus book Throne of Caesar

Roma by Steven Saylor