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Book SynopsisDebauchery. Depravity. Decadence. Just everyday life at the imperial palace.
Whilst Emperor Nero plays with his new water organ and a cross-dressing eunuch, his wily secretary Epaphroditus manages affairs of state. But dissent and rebellion are growing across the empire, and Nero is soon to discover playtime is over.
Praetorian prefect Nymphidius Sabinus, disgusted by the moral degeneracy, secretly plots the overthrow of Nero's court. Motivated by the traditional Roman values of valour and nobility, yet blinded by his own righteousness, Sabinus is ignorant of what he has unleashed - The Year of the Four Emperors.
Palatine is the first in an enthralling four-book series about the tumultuous 'Year of the Four Emperors' which will appeal to fans of Lindsey Davis and George R. R. Martin.
Table of ContentsThe Imperial Family
Emperor Nero*
Empress Statilia Messalina*
The Staff—Freed or Freeborn
Tiberius Claudius Epaphroditus—the emperor’s private secretary*
Tiberius Claudius Philo—the emperor’s private secretary’s secretary
Calvia Crispinilla—mistress of the wardrobe*
Phaon—head of the messenger section*
Ofonius Tigellinus—Praetorian prefect (the drunk one)*
Nymphidius Sabinus—Praetorian prefect (the sober one)*
Felix—head of slave placements and overseer
The Staff—Slaves
Artemina (Mina)—keeper of the towel
Alexander (Alex)—messenger
Sporus—part time empress*
Straton—an overseer of exceptional skills
Lysander—announcer
Daphne—a seamstress
Erotica—a girl of obvious talents
In Spain
Galba—would-be emperor*
Titus Vinius—Galba’s second in command*
Cornelius Laco—Galba’s second, second in command*
Icelus—Galba’s freedman*
Marcus Salvius Otho—a skilled courtier*
*Historical personages
