Roma by Steven Saylor (historical fiction 2007)

Finally got around to this, and it is enjoyable except for minor quibbles that I always have with Saylor.  Now and again, he will add that one extra sentence that awkwardly explains what just happened.  It gets in the way.  With that said, this is a seriously fun book and the author is successful in presenting legends and myths from the founding of the city as action that happened to real people.