L. J. Trafford worked as a tour guide, after gaining a BA Hons in ancient history. This experience was a perfect introduction to writing, involving as it did the need for entertainment and a hefty amount of invention (it's how she got tips!). She now works in London doing something whizzy with databases.
Rome
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
