Otho's Regret: The Four Emperors Series: Book III [Paperback]

Duplicity. Degeneracy. Destruction. One Empire. Two Emperors. Only one can survive.

Rome, AD 69. Having spectacularly grabbed the imperial throne by way of a very bloody coup, new emperor Otho is horrified to discover another emperor already declared. Aulus Vitellius is relaxing in Germania, and his two generals, the twisted Valens and the handsome but dim Caecina, are marching colossal armies to Rome to claim his prize. Hopelessly outnumbered, all looks doomed for Otho, until a series of unexpected victories bring hope.Meanwhile, a former palace slave, Antonia Caenis, returns from Judaea with plans of her own...

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 (its how she got tips!). She now works in London doing something whizzy with databases.

Duplicity. Degeneracy. Destruction. One Empire. Two Emperors. Only one can survive.

RomePalatine Hill
Marcus Salvius Othothe emperor*
Salviusthe emperors nephew*
Tiberius Claudius Epaphroditusthe emperors secretary*
Onomastusthe emperors dwarf*
Marcus Celsusa valuable military advisor*
Servius Sulpicius Lysanderthe emperors announcer
Statilia Messalinaprofessional empress*

Sporusempress-in-waiting*
Artemina (Mina)the empress bodyguard
Cassandrathe empress secretary

Brutusa star gladiator
Honoratus*, Proculus, Lucullus, Paulusa collection of Praetorians

RomeElsewhere
Flavius Sabinuscity prefect*
Titus Flavius DomitianFlavius nephew*
Antonia Caenisa former imperial secretary*
Tiberius Claudius Philoan imperial freedman
Teretiahis wife
Pompeia Minorhis mother-in-law
VereniaTeretias cousin

Claudia AphroditeEpaphrlCB