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Book SynopsisDuplicity. Degeneracy. Destruction. One Empire. Two Emperors. Only one can survive.
Rome, AD 69. Having spectacularly grabbed the imperial throne by way of a very bloody coup, new emperor Otho is horrified to discover another emperor already declared. Aulus Vitellius is relaxing in Germania, and his two generals, the twisted Valens and the handsome but dim Caecina, are marching colossal armies to Rome to claim his prize. Hopelessly outnumbered, all looks doomed for Otho, until a series of unexpected victories bring hope.Meanwhile, a former palace slave, Antonia Caenis, returns from Judaea with plans of her own...
Table of ContentsRome—Palatine Hill
Marcus Salvius Otho—the emperor*
Salvius—the emperor’s nephew*
Tiberius Claudius Epaphroditus—the emperor’s secretary*
Onomastus—the emperor’s dwarf*
Marcus Celsus—a valuable military advisor*
Servius Sulpicius Lysander—the emperor’s announcer
Statilia Messalina—professional empress*
Sporus—empress-in-waiting*
Artemina (Mina)—the empress’ bodyguard
Cassandra—the empress’ secretary
Brutus—a star gladiator
Honoratus*, Proculus, Lucullus, Paulus—a collection of Praetorians
Rome—Elsewhere
Flavius Sabinus—city prefect*
Titus Flavius Domitian—Flavius’ nephew*
Antonia Caenis—a former imperial secretary*
Tiberius Claudius Philo—an imperial freedman
Teretia—his wife
Pompeia Minor—his mother-in-law
Verenia—Teretia’s cousin
Claudia Aphrodite—Epaphroditus’ estranged wife
Nymphidia Sabina—a grieving mother*
Elsewhere in the Empire
Aulus Vitellius—the other emperor*
Fabius Valens—the other emperor’s commander (the cruel one)*
Caecina Alienus—the other emperor’s other commander (the handsome one)*
Asiaticus—the other emperor’s freedman*
Gwencalon—a wise woman
Salonina—Caecina’s paramour*
*Historical personages
