Steven Saylor (born 1956) is an American writer of historical novels. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.
Although he also has written novels about Texas history, Saylor's best-known work by far is his Roman Sub Rosa series, set in ancient Rome. The novels' hero is a detective named Gordianus the Finder, active during the time of Sulla, Cicero, Julius Caesar, and Cleopatra.
The series includes:
- Roman Blood, in which Gordianus is hired by the great orator and advocate Cicero
- The House Of the Vestals (a collection of short stories which appeared later, but which take place between the first book and the second)
- Arms Of Nemesis, about the slave revolt of Spartacus
- Catilina's Riddle, featuring Cicero and the title character
- The Venus Throw, featuring the poet Catullus
- A Murder On the Appian Way, set just before the civil war between Caesar and Pompey
- Rubicon, after Caesar crosses the Rubicon and disperses the Senate
- Last Seen In Massilia
