By Publishing Chronology
Last updated XXX APRILIS 2016

See also By the Numbers.

The Pioneers: 1935-48

1935
The Julius Caesar Murder Case (Irwin)

1936
Golden Peacock (Atherton)

1937

1938

1939

1940
Der Sarg der Kleopatra: Kriminalroman (Falk)

1941

1942

1943
Stolen Oracle (Williams)

1944

1945
"The Problem of the Emperor's Mushrooms" (Yaffe)

1946

1947

1948
Meet Me at Philippi (Connell)
The Roman Moon Mystery (Williams)

1949
The Classics: 1950-79

1950
"The Case of the Empress's Jewels" (Nichols)
"The Treasury Thefts" (Nichols)
"The Case of the Garden God" (Nichols)
"The Case of the Murdered Senator" (Nichols)
"The Hidden Snake" (Nichols)

1951
Most Delicious Poison (Connell)
"The Case of the Frightened Poet" (Nichols)
"The Case of the Senate's Gift" (Nichols)
"The Case of the Etruscan Pin" (Nichols)

1952
"The Case of the Buried Chains" (Nichols)
"De Crimine" (Deford)

1953
Caius ist ein Dummkopf (Winterfeld)
"The Festival of Cybele" (Nichols)
"The Case of the Poisoned Shaving-Oil" (Nichols)

1954

1955
"The Case of the Honey Cake" (Nichols)
"The Case of the Parthian Arrow" (Nichols)
"The Case of the Missing Slave Girl" (Nichols)
Murder Defies the Roman Emperor (Gray)

1956
Detectives in Togas (Winterfeld)
"The Case of the Drugged Wine" (Nichols)
"The Case of the Greek Play" (Nichols)
"The Case of the Hidden Tablet" (Nichols)

1957
"The Case of the Wasted Lesson" (Nichols)
"The Case of the Yellow-Haired Spy" (Nichols)
"The Case of the Two Soothsayers" (Nichols)

1958
"The Case of the Chariot Wheel" (Nichols)
"The Case of the Lion's Claws" (Nichols)
"The Case of the Golden God" (Nichols)
"The Case of the Murdered Babies" (Nichols)

1959
"The Case of the Senator's Farm" (Nichols)
"The Case of the Missing Head" (Nichols)
"The Case of Corbulo's Trial" (Nichols)
"The Case of Chrysis" (Nichols)

1960
"The Case of Justice Served" (Nichols)
"The Case of the Fearful Perfume" (Nichols)
"The Case of the Beheadings" (Nichols)
"The Case of the Burnt Villa" (Nichols)

1961
"The Case in the Camp" (Nichols)
"The Case of the Missing Baby" (Nichols)
"The Case of the Persian Ring" (Nichols)
"The Case of the Roman Banquet" (Nichols)

1962
"The Case of the Bank Theft" (Nichols)
"The Case of the Unfinished Villa" (Nichols)
"The Case of the First Cup" (Nichols)
"The Case of Cotta's Jewels" (Nichols)

1963
"The Case of the Pleader's Notes" (Nichols)
"The Case of the Roman General" (Nichols)
"The Case of the Goldsmith's Daughter" (Nichols)
"The Case of the Bearded Man" (Nichols)

1964
"The Case of the Courtyard Games" (Nichols)
"The Case of the No Conclusion" (Nichols)
"The Case of the Two Horses" (Nichols)
"The Case of the Haunted Farm" (Nichols)

1965
"The Case of the Nest of Evil" (Nichols)
"The Case of the Pharaoh's Eye" (Nichols)
"The Case of Hanno's Oasis" (Nichols)
"The Case of the Legion's Pay-Chest" (Nichols)

1966
"The Case of the Senator's Folly" (Nichols)
"The Case of the Servile Gang" (Nichols)
"The Case of the Last Skin" (Nichols)
"The Case of the Missing Corcyran" (Nichols)

1967
"The Case of His Own Abduction" (Nichols)
"The Case of the Talisman" (Nichols)
"The Case of the Sacred Horn" (Nichols)
"The Great Tin Mine Case" (Nichols)

1968

1969
Caius geht ein Licht auf (Winterfeld)

1970

1971
Mystery of the Roman Ransom (Winterfeld)

1972

1973
"A Green Boy" (Price)

1974
The Ides of April (Ray)

1975

1976
Caius in der Klemme (Winterfeld)
"The Three Travelers" (Stevens)

1977

1978

1979
"The Boudicca Killing" (Price)
Caius, der Lausbub aus dem alten Rom (Winterfeld)
The Contemporary or Mature era: 1980-2000

1980
The Christ Commission (Mandino)

1981
"Death in Vesunna" (Turtledove; O'Byrne)

1982
Frau des Senators, Die (Stöver)
Ich klage an (Stöver)
medico delle Isole, Il (Magrì)
Mord auf der Via Appia (Stöver)

1983
Aemilius Varro – Kommissar in Colonia (Augsburg)
Alexander und die Gladiatoren (Stöver)
Cave canem: Roman aus dem alten Rom (Hoffmann)
Der geheimnisvolle Römerwagen in Colonia (Huber)
Search the Seven Hills (Hambly)
Skandal um Nausikaa (Stöver)

1984
An Affair on the Appian Way (Levey)
Attentat in Pompeii (Stöver)
La Statua d'Oro – Claudio Galeno alla corte dell'imperatore (Magrì)
Verrat des Ambiorix, Der (Stöver)

1985
Rebellion im Circus Maximus (Stöver)
Tod auf dem Forum (Stöver)

1986
Der Pompejaner (Vandenberg)
Tödliche Dosis (Stöver)

1987
Quintus geht nach Rom (Stöver)

1988
A Roman Death (O'Hagan)

1989
Dogheaded Death (Nelson)
La esclava de azul (Borrell)
The Man Who Buried Jesus (Walsh)
Silver Pigs (Davis)

1990
SPQR (Roberts)
Il sale in bocca (Magrì)
Mors Tua (Montanari)
Shadows in Bronze (Davis)

1991
SPQR II, the Catiline Conspiracy (Roberts)
Clues for Armchair Detectives (Richards)
In Corpore Sano (Montanari)
Indagine sulla morte di un schiavo (Magrì)
Quintus in Gefahr (Stöver)
Roman Blood (Saylor)
Roman Nights (Burns)
The Case of the Vanishing Corpse (Richards)
Venus in Copper (Davis)

1992
Arms of Nemesis (Saylor)
"Death Wears a Mask" (Saylor)
The Iron Hand of Mars (Davis)
"The Lemures" (Saylor)
Le mystère du jardin romain (Nèraudau)
Roman Shadows (Burns)
The Sacrilege: An SPQR Mystery (Roberts)
The Case of the Secret Assassin (Richards)
The Temple of the Muses: An SPQR Mystery (Roberts)
"Thessalus IV" (Gordian)
Les vacances de Marcus Aper (Leseleuc)
"A Will is a Way" (Saylor)

1993
Catilina's Riddle (Saylor)
Cave Canem (Montanari)
"The Disappearance of the Saturnalia Silver" (Saylor)
"The Gift of Minerva" (Heydt)
"The House of the Vestals" (Saylor)
"The King of Sacrifices" (Roberts)
La Lágrima de Atenea (Borrell)
Marcus Aper chez les Rutènes (Leseleuc)
"Mightier Than the Sword" (Roberts)
Poseidon's Gold (Davis)
Quintus setzt sich durch (Stöver)
"The Treasure House" (Saylor)

1994
"The Alexandrian Cat" (Saylor)
The Case of the Damascus Dagger (Richards)
Last Act in Palmyra (Davis)
Marcus Aper et Laureolus (Leseleuc)
Morituri Te Salutant (Montanari)
Tödliche Saturnalien (Roberts)

1995
I, Claudia (A Mystery: 13 BC) (Todd)
Les Calendes de Septembre (Leseleuc)
The Case of the Dead Certainty (Richards)
"Investigating the Silvius Boys" (Davis)
"King Bee and Honey" (Saylor)
"Little Caesar and the Pirates" (Saylor)
Ovid (Wishart)
Rosso pompeiano (Marino)
Time to Depart (Davis)
Tod eines Centurio (Roberts)
The Venus Throw (Saylor)

1996
"The Ass's Head" (Karr)
"The Brother in the Tree" (Heller)
"Collectio" (von Bellingen)
Death of a Blue Hero (Tassie)
A Dying Light in Corduba (Davis)
"The Favour of a Tyrant" (Taylor)
Der Flötenspieler (Hennen)
Fluch des Volkstribuns, Der (Roberts)
"The Gardens of Tantalus" (Stableford)
"Il giallo del serpente" (Montanari)
"Das Grab auf dem Forum" (Stöver)
"In This Sign, Conquer" (Anderson; Clark)
"Last Things" (Schweitzer)
Mord im Praetorium (Rademacher)
"Mosaic" (Rowe)
A Murder on the Appian Way (Saylor)
"Murderer, Farewell" (Burns)
"Die Mysterien des Bacchus" (Zimmermann)
Parce Sepulto (Montanari)
"A Pomegranate for Pluto" (Griffen)
"The Statuette of Rhodes" (Roberts)
Der Tempelmord (Hennen)
"The Things That Are Caesar's" (Hoch)
Virgin Territory (Todd)
"The White Fawn" (Saylor)

1997
"Archimedes' Tomb" (Saylor)
"Cinna the Poet" (Holt)
Cui Prodest? (Montanari)
Germanicus (Wishart)
"Imogen" (Barnett)
Man Eater (Todd)
"Mother of Rome" (Brown)
"Una perla per Publio Aurelio Stazio" (Montanari)
The Qumrán Mystery (Abécassis)
Rache der Flußgötter, Die (Roberts)
Three Hands in the Fountain (Davis)
Le Trésor de Boudicca (Leseleuc)

1998
"Assassinio al tempio di Vesta" (Montanari)
"The Etruscan House" (Roberts)
"The Fire That Burneth Here" (Gay)
"A Good Report of the Worm" (Holt)
Lydian Baker (Wishart)
Mord nach der Vorstellung (Stöver)
Old Bones (Wishart)
"Poppy and the Poisoned Cake" (Saylor)
Die schwarze Lucretia (Obermeier)
Sejanus (Wishart)
"Three Meetings and a Funeral" (Gresh; Weinberg)
Two for the Lions (Davis)
Wolf Whistle (Todd)

1999
"An Academic Question" (Roberts)
"Death by Eros" (Saylor)
Germanicus Mosaic (Rowe)
"Girl Talk" (Todd)
Hamilkars Garten (Haefs)
L'Incendiaire de Rome, numéro 902. (anonymous)
Jail Bait (Todd)
Le Masque de l'attelane (Visconti)
Mörderisches Rennen (Stöver)
Mysteria. Menace sur le gladiateur (Andrieux)
Mysteria. Passagers clandestins (Andrieux)
Mysteria. Sabotage sur le Tibre (Andrieux)
Mysteria. Trahir ou mourir? (Andrieux)
"Natale anno zero" (Montanari)
"La notte dei triumviri" (Montanari)
One Virgin Too Many (Davis)
Rubicon (Saylor)
Die Schiffe der Kleopatra (Roberts)
Spes, Ultima Dea (Montanari)
Tod und Spiele (Hyde)
Die verflixten Fälle aus Pompeji (Mielke)

2000
Attentat à Aquae-Sextiae (d'Aillion)
Auguste fulminant (Nadaud)
Black Salamander (Todd)
Le cahier d'amour (Hoestland)
Le Cheval d'octobre (Visconti)
"The Consul's Wife" (Saylor)
La Course de l'espoir, numéro 909 (anonymous)
"Una dea per Publio Aurelio Stazio" (Montanari)
"Un'eredità per Publio Aurelio Stazio" (Montanari)
"Farmer's Law" (Turtledove)
"Una filosofa per Publio Aurelio Stazio" (Montanari)
In Namen Caesars (Roberts)
Last Seen in Massilia (Saylor)
"Merchants of Discord" (Frankos)
"Una moglie per Publio Aurelio Stazio" (Montanari)
Mysteria. Le Secret du Domaine (Andrieux)
Ode to a Banker(Davis)
Des ombres sur Alexandrie (Weber)
A Pattern of Blood (Rowe)
"La prima inchiesta di Publio Aurelio Stazio" (Montanari)
Le Prince posthume, suivi de "Les fils d'Arachné" (Nèraudau)
The Saint's Day Deaths (Noyer)
Scelera (Montanari)
"Venus in Pearls" (Roberts)
Die verflixten Fälle aus Rom (Mielke)

2001
"Blind Justice" (Kurland)
A Body in the Bathhouse (Davis)
Gallia Est (Montanari)
"The Last Legion" (Butler)
Last Rites (Wishart)
Le meurtre d'Adonis (Visconti)
Mord am Vesuv (Roberts)
Murder in the Forum (Rowe)
Le mystère de Pompéi (Rochefoucauld)
SPQR VI: Nobody Loves a Centurion (Roberts)
"A Payment to the Gods" (Rowe)
The Secrets of Vesuvius (Lawrence)
The Thieves of Ostia (Lawrence)
Die verflixten Fälle aus Ägypten (Mielke)

2002
All Roads Lead to Murder (Bell)
Anschlag auf Pompeji (Lenk)
The Assassins of Rome (Lawrence)
The Chariots of Calyx (Rowe)
Dark Horse (Todd)
Dream Boat (Todd)
Domina (Doherty)
Eines jeden Kreuz (Hyde)
Falsches Spiel in der Arena (Lenk)
L'Epée de cendres (Visconti)
Der Geheimbund der Skorpione (Holler)
"If a Cyclops Could Vanish in the Blink of an Eye" (Saylor)
The Jupiter Myth (Davis)
A Mist of Prophecies (Saylor)
The Pirates of Pompeii (Lawrence)
Saturnalia (Montanari)
Die verflixten Fälle aus Griechenland (Mielke)
White Murder (Wishart)

2003
The Accusers (Davis)
Agrippinas Geheimnis (Sabel)
Ars Moriendi (Montanari)
A Bitter Chill (Downie)
"The Cleopatra Game" (Finnis)
The Dolphins of Laurentum (Lawrence)
The Enemies of Jupiter (Lawrence)
Das Geheimnis der Essener (Rademacher)
"A Gladiator Dies Only Once" (Saylor)
The Legatus Mystery (Rowe)
Murder Imperial (Doherty)
Pompeii (Harris)
Porte d'ivoire, La (Visconti)
Second Act (Todd)
The Secundus Papyrus (Noyer)
"Something Fishy in Pompeii" (Saylor)
Die Spur führt zum Aquädukt (Lenk)
Tribune's Curse (Roberts)
The Twelve Tasks of Flavia Gemina (Lawrence)
Verschwörung gegen Hannibal (Lenk)
A Vote for Murder (Wishart)
"The Will" (Roberts)

2004
Agrippinas Tod (Sabel)
Flammenmeer. Tiberius Caesianus und der Brand von Rom (Lichtenberger)
The Gladiator from Capua (Lawrence)
The Ghosts of Glevum (Rowe)
The Judgement of Caesar (Saylor)
Leichtes Geld. Tiberius Caesianus und die Münzverschwürung (Lichtenberger)
Il medico dell'Imperatore (Magrì)
Olympia (Montanari)
Parthian Shot (Wishart)
Scandal Takes a Holiday (Davis)
The Song of the Gladiator (Doherty)
SPQR VIII: The River God's Vengeance (Roberts)
Die verflixten Fälle aus Gallien und Germanien
"Das Vermächtnis der Colonia Ulpia Traiana" (Hyde)
Widow's Pique (Todd)
Wisse, dass du sterblich bist (Hyde)

2005
Boudica and the Lost Roman (Ripley)
"The Cherries of Lucullus" (Saylor)
The Colossus of Rhodes (Lawrence)
The Cybelene conspiracy (Noyer)
The Didymus Contingency (Robinson)
Enemies of the Empire (Rowe)
"Four Hundred Slaves" (Kurland)
Food for the Fishes (Wishart)
The Fugitive from Corinth (Lawrence)
Get Out or Die (Downie)
Das Orakel des Todes (Roberts)
Rheines Gold (Schacht)
Der rote Rächer (Lenk)
Das Schwert von Karthago (Haefs)
See Delphi and Die (Davis)
Sour Grapes (Todd)
Stone Cold (Todd)
Tenebrae (Montanari)

2006
Die Brandstifter von Rom (Lenk)
Caligulas Rache (Gach)
The Centurion (Doherty)
The Charioteer of Delphi (Lawrence)
Death of a Vestal Virgin (Tassie)
Das Geheimnis der Amphore (Terhart)
Das Geheimnis des Mithras-Tempels (Hagemann & Stitz)
The Queen of the Night (Doherty)
A Roman Ransom (Rowe)
Scorpion Rising (Todd)
The Sirens of Surrentum (Lawrence)
The Third Princess (Septimus Severus Quistus) (Boast)
Tiberius Caesianus und der Nymphenmord (Lichtenberger)

2007
The Beggar of Volubilis (Lawrence)
A Coin for the Ferryman (Rowe)
"Convivium" (Stanley)
Fortunas Rache (Peter)
Der Geschmack der Tollkirsche (Sauer)
Gewinne der Götter Gunst (Hyde)
In at the Death (Wishart)
Medicus (Downie)
Nemesis (Montanari)
Saturnalia (Davis)
The Slave Girl from Jerusalem (Lawrence)
Der Sohn des Gladiators (Terhart)
Son of Heaven (Boast)
The Water Thief (Pastor)
Under Vesuvius (Roberts)
Verschwörung in Germanien (Dietsch)

2008
All Roads Lead to Zion (Edmunds)
The Blood of Caesar (Bell)
Buried Too Deep (Finnis)
Death at Pompeia's Wedding (Rowe)
Die Feinde des Imperators (Roberts)
Das Dritte Schwert (Hyde et al.)
The Fire Waker (Pastor)
Freyas Fluch (Gach)
Illegally Dead (Wishart)
Die Legion des Raben (Peter)
Murder's Immortal Mask (Doherty)
Nox Dormienda (Stanley)
The Scribes from Alexandria (Lawrence)
Terra Incognita (Downie)
The Triumph of Caesar (Saylor)

2009
Jung stirbt, wen die Götter lieben (Hagemann and Stitz)
The Man from Pomegranate Street (Lawrence)
Persona Non Grata (Downie)
The Prophet from Ephesus (Lawrence)

2010
Bodies Politic (Wishart)
Caveat Emptor (Downie)
Nemesis (Davis)
Requiem for a Slave (Rowe)
Roman Games (MacBain)
Rubies of the Viper (Marks)

2011
"Beware the Snake" (Roberts)
The Curse Maker (Stanley)
Danger in the Wind (Finnis)
"The Monumental Gaul" (Saylor)
Roman Games: A Plinius Secundus Mystery (Macbain)
"Something to Do with Diana" (Saylor)
"Styx and Stones" (Saylor)
The Vestal Vanishes (Rowe)
"The Witch of Corinth" (Saylor)

2012
Mars the Avenger (Scribner)
Master and God (Davis)
No Cause for Concern (Wishart)
"O Tempora! O Mores! Olympiad!" (Saylor)
Pompeii: A Tale of Murder in Ancient Rome (Colton)
Rammsporn: Tiberius Caesianus und die Geistergaleere (Lichtenberger)
"The Return of the Mummy" (Saylor)
The Seven Wonders (Saylor)
Das vierte Buch: Tiberius Caesianus und der Nymphenmord (Lichtenberger)
A Whispering of Spies (Rowe)
"The Widows of Halicarnassus" (Saylor)

2013
The Bull Slayer (MacBain)
The Cyclops Case (Scribner)
Dark Omens (Rowe)
Death in the Ashes (Bell)
Ides of April (Davis)
Pompeii: A Conspiracy Among Friends (Colton)
Rome to Alexandria (Colton)
Semper Fidelis (Downie)
Solid Citizens (Wishart)

2013
Pompeii: Hazard at Bay (Colton)

2014
Enemies at Home (Davis)
The Eyes of Aurora (Bell)
Finished Business (Wishart)
"Ill Seen in Tyre" (Saylor)
Numerius Meridius Pulcher and the Case of the Not So Virgin Vestal (Cardam)
Raiders of the Nile (Saylor)
Tabula Rasa (Downie)

2015
Deadly Election (Davis)
Fateful Day (Rowe)
Twelve Miles From Rome (Kears)
Wrath of the Furies (Saylor)

2016
The Ides of June (Rowe)
Vita Brevis (Downie)

2017

2018
The Gods Help Those (Bell)
Memento Mori (Downie)
The Price of Freedom (Rowe)
The Throne of Caesar (Saylor)

2019

2020
Hiding From the Past (Bell)


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