People like Cicero and Julius Caesar are famed and the world of the late Roman Republic (when votes still counted, although a patrician's vote counted a lot more than a plebeian's). I created my story Oh Clodia with an idea of capturing the life among Roman patrician women and had an actual classics scholar look it over. As one of the commentors said, it's fun, bitchy and hot. I think you'll like it to so give me a read.
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