Sub Rosa ARC front and backmatter
Hi ARC readers! Here's where you'll find the stuff not included in the ARC that's going to be in the final product, that might be useful. We have a map of Rome, and also a list of characters. Happy reading!
The Family Aemilius
Q. Aemilius Valerius; our hero
Fulvia Drusa; his wife
Octavia Junilla; his sister
Julia Drusilla; his stepdaughter; a pain
A. Caldus Ruso aka Mouse; his stepson; a pleasure
G. Aemilius Lucullus Maro; a mad relation
Marcia Laeta; a mad relation by marriage
Patricians, assorted
Gn. Gavius Silanus; Fulvia’s ex, Julia’s papa; a prick
G. Marcellus Naso; no sense of humour; a pompous prude
G. Marcellus Albanus; no senses; presently posthumous
P. Cornelius Paulinus; nice bloke; a party animal
M. Galerius Nepos; noble; a political animal
Gn. Claudius Rufanus; nobler; a prosperous man
G. Avitus Florian; nothing special; a poor cousin
A. Probus Macrinus; not getting any younger; past it
P. Menenius Carpo; naked; prone to prolonged baths
P. Vibianis Ennius; knob; pasty, podgy and pickled
Gn. Pomptius Voltinian; not home; playing away?
M Antonius Donatus; nonentity, presumably
M. Decius Nasica; no longer with us; parted ways
Gn. Septus Severus; neighbourhood magistrate; past his bedtime
Slaves, assorted
Juba; a bodyguard
Cretes; a secretary
Larius; a waste of space
Hursa; a waste of money
Miscellaneous Items
Caraca; an oddball from Gaul
Alcipides; an honest businessman, honestly
Philosthones; a bean counter
L. Junius Atreus; a vigile with a responsibility
Lucilla; the responsibility
Leander; a physician or mortician, whatever your need
Gaius, Vibilus, Brachus, Manius; vigiles, assorted
Centhus; a barber
Nicius; a dancer
Vetus; a plasterer and/or tiler
Bano; an ugly gangster
Erastus; a pretty gangster
Rubio; a waster
Kaeso; an unsavoury informer
Colchus; an elusive informer
Sylvia; an unfortunate bystander
Eburnus; a pseudonym? Rude of ’im
Historical figures (more or less)
Nero; the Emperor of Rome
Agrippina; his mummy dearest
Seneca; his brains
Burrus; his brawn
Anicetus; a shady character; a bit blurry
Tigellinus; even shadier; Nero’s future best buddy
Corbulo; a general; currently subduing Parthians