How long does it take to read A Gladiator Dies Only Once?
A Gladiator Dies Only Once by Steven Saylor takes about 5 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 11 of Roma Sub Rosa
Previous: The Judgment of Caesar Next: The Triumph of Caesar
About 5 hours 17 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2005. 288 pages, about 79,200 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 48 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 17 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 11 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Set against the backdrop of the later Roman Republic, a collection of short mystery tales featuring ancient Roman sleuth Gordianus the Finder follows the early career of the classical sleuth.
Subjects: Fiction, historical, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, American Detective and mystery stories, Rome, fiction, Private investigators