 In these novels Cicero's character is depicted in a more favorable way than in those of McCullough, with his positive traits equaling or outweighing his weaknesses (while conversely Caesar is depicted as more sinister than in McCullough).Cicero is a major recurring character in the "Roma Sub Rosa" series of mystery novels by Steven Saylor.He also appears several times as a peripheral character in John Maddox Roberts' "SPQR" series.