THE MAIN CHARACTERS

NOTE: Parentheses contain biographical information; brackets contain the character’s name or diminutive as used in this book. All dates are B.C.

Caepio

Quintus Servilius Caepio [Caepio]

Livia Drusa, his wife (sister of Marcus Livius Drusus)

Quintus Servilius Caepio Junior [Young Caepio], his son

Servilia Major [Servilia], his elder daughter

Quintus Servilius Caepio (consul 106), his father, of Gold of Tolosa fame

Servilia Caepionis, his sister

Caesar

Gaius Julius Caesar

Aurelia, his wife (daughter of Rutilia, niece of Publius Rutilius Rufus)

Gaius Julius Caesar Junior [Young Caesar], his son

Julia Major [Lia], his older daughter

Julia Minor [Ju-ju], his younger daughter

Gaius Julius Caesar [Caesar Grandfather], his father

Julia, his sister

Julilla, his sister

Sextus Julius Caesar, his older brother

Caludia, Sextus’s wife

Drusus

Marcus Livius Drusus

Servilia Caepionis, his wife (sister of Caepio)

Marcus Livius Drusus Nero Claudianus, his adopted son

Cornelia Scipionis, his mother

Livia Drusa, his sister (wife of Caepio)

Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus Livianus, his blood brother, adopted out

Marius

Gaius Marius

Julia, his wife (sister of Gaius Julius Caesar)

Gaius Marius Junior [Young Marius], his son

Metellus

Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius [the Piglet]

Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus [Piggle-wiggle] (consul 109, censor 102), his father

Pompeius

Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo [Pompey Strabo]

Gnaeus Pompeius [Young Pompey], his son

Quintus Pompeius Rufus, his remote cousin

Rutilius Rufus

Publius Rutilius Rufus (consul 105)

Scaurus

Marcus Aemilius Scaurus Princeps Senatus (consul 115, censor 109)

Caecilia Metella Dalmatica [Dalmatica], his second wife

Sulla

Lucius Cornelius Sulla

Julilla, his first wife (sister of Gaius Julius Caesar)

Aelia, his second wife

Lucius Cornelius Sulla Junior [Young Sulla], his son (by Julilla)

Cornelia Sulla, his daughter (by Julilla)

Bithynia

Nicomedes II, King of Bithynia

Nicomedes III, his older son, King of Bithynia

Socrates, his younger son.

Pontus

Mithridates VI Eupator, King of Pontus

Laodice, his sister and wife, first Queen of Pontus (d.99)

Nysa, his wofe, second Queen of Pontus (daughter of Gordius of Cappadocia)

Ariarathes VII Philometor, his nephew, King of Cappadocia

Ariarathes VIII Eusebus Philopator, his son, King of Cappadocia

Ariarathes X, his son, King of Cappadocia