Time to Depart
First edition | |
| Author | Lindsey Davis |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Marcus Didius Falco |
| Genre | Historical mystery crime novel |
| Publisher | Century |
Publication date | 1995 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardback and paperback) |
| Pages | 384 pp |
| ISBN | 0-71-265931-5 |
| OCLC | 227274023 |
| Preceded by | Last Act in Palmyra |
| Followed by | A Dying Light in Corduba |
Time to Depart is a 1995 historical mystery crime novel by Lindsey Davis and the seventh book of the Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries series. Set in Rome during AD 72, the novel stars Marcus Didius Falco, an informer and imperial agent. The title refers to the law which stated that no Roman citizen who had been sentenced to death might be arrested, even after the verdict, until he has been given time to depart, the idea being that for a Roman citizen to choose exile outside the boundaries of the Empire would have been a fate worse than death itself.