THE MAIN CHARACTERS

Caepio

Quintus Servilius Caepio, consul 106 B.C.

Quintus Servilius Caepio Junior, his son

Servilia Caepionis, his daughter

Caesar

Gaius Julius Caesar, senator

Marcia of the Marcii Reges, his wife, mother of:

Sextus Julius Caesar, his older son

Gaius Julius Caesar Junior, his younger son

Julia Major (Julia), his older daughter

Julia Minor (Julilla), his younger daughter

Cotta

Marcus Aurelius Cotta, praetor (date unknown)

Rutilia, his wife; her first husband: his brother, Lucius

Aurelius Cotta, consul 118 B.C. (died straight after)

Aurelia, his stepdaughter and niece

Lucius Aurelius Cotta, his stepson and nephew

Gaius, Marcus, and Lucius Aurelius Cotta, his sons by Rutilia

Decumius

Lucius Decumius, custodian of a crossroads college

Drusus

Marcus Livius Drusus Censor, consul 112 B.C., censor 109 B.C. (died in office)

Cornelia Scipionis, his estranged wife, mother of:

Marcus Livius Drusus, his older son

Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus Livianus, his younger

son, adopted out as a child

Livia Drusa, his daughter

Glaucia

Gaius Servilius Glaucia, tribune of the plebs 102 B.C., praetor 100 B.C.

Jugurtha

Jugurtha, King of Numidia, bastard son of Mastanabal Bomilcar, his half brother and baron

Marius

Gaius Marius

Grania from Puteoli, his first wife

Martha of Syria, a prophetess

Metellus

Lucius Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus Pontifex Maximus, consul 119 B.C., older brother of:

Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus, consul 109 B.C., censor 102 B.C.

Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius, son of Numidicus

Caecilia Metella Dalmatica, niece and ward of Numidicus, daughter of Dalmaticus

Rutilius Rufus

Publius Rutilius Rufus, consul 105 B.C.

Livia of the Drusi, his deceased wife, sister of Marcus Livius Drusus Censor

Rutilia of the Rufi, his sister, widow of Lucius Aurelius Cotta, wife of Marcus Aurelius Cotta

Saturninus

Lucius Appuleius Saturninus, tribune of the plebs 103 and 100 B.C.

Scaurus

Marcus Aemilius Scaurus Princeps Senatus, consul

115 B.C., censor 109 B.C.

Marcus Aemilius Scaurus Junior, his son by his first wife

Sertorius

Quintus Sertorius, cadet and military tribune

Ria of the Marii, his mother, cousin of Gaius Marius

Sulla

Lucius Cornelius Sulla, quaestor 107 B.C., legate

Clitumna from Umbria, his stepmother, aunt of Lucius Gavius Stichus

Nicopolis the freedwoman, his mistress

Metrobius, an adolescent child star of the comedy theater