"[...] these novels are essentially conservative: bloodlines determine social class, and correctly so; women are weak and subordinate; homosexuality is an identity and an indication of moral degeneration; eastern characters are effeminate and luxurious; and so on". Kirk Ormand, reseña de Imperial Projections: Ancient Rome in Modern Popular Culture (The Johns Kopkins University Press, 2001);«Reseña». Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews. 29 de julio de 2002. Archivado desde el original el 5 de marzo de 2016. Consultado el 21 de enero de 2015.
"[...] these novels are essentially conservative: bloodlines determine social class, and correctly so; women are weak and subordinate; homosexuality is an identity and an indication of moral degeneration; eastern characters are effeminate and luxurious; and so on". Kirk Ormand, reseña de Imperial Projections: Ancient Rome in Modern Popular Culture (The Johns Kopkins University Press, 2001);«Reseña». Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews. 29 de julio de 2002. Archivado desde el original el 5 de marzo de 2016. Consultado el 21 de enero de 2015.