I had a thought. Maybe people would be interested if I wrote a non-fiction style history as an accompaniment to the rest of the novels. Something like “A Roman’s Guide to Modern History: The Roman Empire in the 18th Century.”
Thoughts? Would you buy it?
Modern Papyrus 
If this backstory would explain and dovetail with the rest of the Roman Steampunk series, yes, I would buy it. Drawings and schematics and maps for the newbie–I have a great imagination, but machinery and tactics and, sadly, compass directions and even left and right confound me (it’s passenger side or drivers side!).
Yes! I would buy it.