Cast of Characters

THE HOUSE OF APPIUS

Appius
Flavius Appius Julianus the Elder

Correus
Correus Appius Julianus, adopted slave-born son of Appius

Ygerna Flavia
Agricolina, British wife of Correus

Felix
Frontinus Appius Julianus, Correus’s son by Freita, a German freedwoman; formally adopted by Correus

Eilenn
Correus and Ygerna’s daughter

Eumenes
slave belonging to Correus

Flavius
Flavius Appius Julianus the Younger, half brother to Correus, legitimate son of Appius

Aemelia
wife of Flavius

Aemelius
father of Aemelia

Valeria Lucilla
mother of Aemelia

Julia
Appia Julia, sister of Flavius, half sister of Correus

Lucius Paulinus
husband of Julia

Tullius
free servant of Paulinus

Antonia
wife of Appius, mother of Flavius and Julia

Helva
slave mistress of Appius, mother of Correus

Forst
German freedman, Appius’s horsemaster

Emer
freedwoman, Forst’s wife

Julius
slave of Correus

Diulius
horsemaster of the chariot ponies

ROME

Titus
emperor of Rome

Domitian
brother of Titus

Marius Vettius
senator, a crony of Domitian

Gentilius Paulinus
uncle of Lucius Paulinus

Faustus Sulla
a triumvir capitalis

Roscius Celsus
a wealthy merchant

Nyall Sigmundson
former chieftain of the Semnones

GERMANY

Theophanes
a pirate leader

Cerdic, Ennius, Wulf, Commius
men of Aristides’s band

Velius Rufus
the emperor’s general in Germany

Julius Frontinus
the chief engineer of the Roman Army in Germany

Sulpicius Clarus
governor of Lower Germany

Quintus
a centurion of the Eighth Legion Augusta

Labienus
chief field surgeon

Rhodope
a madam

Marbod
chieftain of the Chatti

Morgian
mother of Nyall Sigmundson

Fiorgyn
wife of Nyall Sigmundson

Signy
wife of Ranvig

Barden
priest of the Semnones

Arni
a lord of the Semnones

Steinvar
a lord of the Semnones, husband of Morgian