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SPQR BLUES -------------------- Chapter I: Prized Possessions Chapter II: Arms and a Man Chapter III: Family Business Chapter IV: Last Days

Dramatis Personae Cast of Thousands Hundreds Dozens (Which one are you?) Felix Ex-soldier. Part-time hero. Occasional accountant. Mus Best friend. Iusta Young heiress. Very willful. Spendusa Kitchen servant. Very willing. Damon Prodigal son. Misplaced somewhere between Judaea and Alexandria. Seianti Iusta's best friend. Etruscan. Don't you forget it. Calatoria Themis Stepmother to Iusta. Force to be reckoned with. Menander Devoted servant. Josephus Fish-pickle dealer. Mus's father. Titus The Emperor's son. Helvius Doctor and professional teacher of rhetoric. Caius Bookkeeper and amateur philosopher. Elisa Mus's little sister. Cynthia Calatoria's personal maid. Spendusa's sister. Miriamne Tavern-keeper. Formerly in the employ of Petronia Vitalis. Mus's mother & baby brother The baby is named Jochanan Phineas, aka Squinchy-face. Domitian The Emperor's other son. Venus A mighty goddess. Telesphorus General overseer for the Petronius household. Aster Mus's littler sister. Glauki Seianti's personal maid. Not a very good chaperone. Petronia Vitalis Tavern-keeper. Formerly. Iusta's mother. Petronius Stephanus Landlord, formerly. Iusta's father. Legio X The Emperor's accountants. Lolla Damon's mother. Not technically Felix's wife. Speudon Calatoria's cousin. In debt. A lot of debt. Ati Nacna Seianti's old auntie. Sayer of sooths, but only in Etruscan. Sweetums An average bear. Oh, no, wait, that's Titus again. Vibius One of the Blues. A cool cat. Has many wives, apparently. Talicus Thug for hire. Probably a liar. Nonius Balbus Statues of his family decorate half the town. Richest man around, and boss of the Blues. The midwife Efficient. Soshanet (Sosia) The midwife's apprentice Iphis Servant in Pompeii. Long-haired Hippie freak. On a mission. This is also Mus I have an extra icon. He has bed hair.

SPQR BLUES -------------------- Chapter I: Prized Possessions Chapter II: Arms and a Man Chapter III: Family Business Chapter IV: Last Days   See the SPQR Blues Wiki entry for Dramatis Personae and the story thus far.