Characters
For an ancient Roman, Gordianus has an unconventional family:
- Bethesda, his beautiful Egyptian slave purchased from a slave market in Alexandria. Bethesda and Gordianus have a mutually affectionate relationship and are later married.
- Eco, his oldest adopted son, was a former mute who followed in his father's footsteps as an investigator.
- Meto, his second adopted son, was a slave of Crassus who became a soldier serving under Julius Caesar.
- Rupa, his third adopted son, brother to Cassandra, a mute.
- Diana, his intellectual and headstrong daughter (by Bethesda).
- Davus, his son-in-law (Diana's husband) who was Gordianus' former slave and bodyguard.
- Aulus, his grandson (by Diana).
- Little Bethesda, his granddaughter (by Diana).
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