Fire and Sword. Harry Sidebottom

Chapter 19

      

       Chapter 20

      

       Chapter 21

      

       Chapter 22

      

       Part VI: The Provinces

      

       Chapter 23

      

       Chapter 24

      

       Part VII: Ravenna and Aquileia

      

       Chapter 25

      

       Chapter 26

      

       Chapter 27

      

       Chapter 28

      

       Chapter 29

      

       Chapter 30

      

       Chapter 31

      

       Chapter 32

      

       Part VIII: Aquileia and Rome

      

       Chapter 33

      

       Chapter 34

      

       Part IX: The Provinces

      

       Chapter 35

      

       Chapter 36

      

       Chapter 37

      

       Part X: Rome

      

       Chapter 38

      

       Chapter 39

      

       Chapter 40

      

       Chapter 41

      

       Chapter 42

      

       Chapter 43

      

       Epilogue

      

       Historical Afterword

      

       Thanks

      

       Fire & Sword Glossary

      

       About the Author

      

       Also by Harry Sidebottom

      

       About the Publisher

       CAST OF MAIN CHARACTERS

      IN ROME

      Pupienus: Prefect of the City

      Pupienus Maximus: His elder son

      Pupienus Africanus: His younger son

      Balbinus: A patrician of dissolute ways

      Gallicanus: A Senator of Cynic views

      Maecenas: His intimate friend

      Tranquillina: Ambitious wife of Timesitheus

      Maecia Faustina: Daughter of the late Emperor Gordian the Elder, and sister of the late Emperor Gordian the Younger

      Marcus Junius Balbus: Her young son

      Caenis: A prostitute in the Subura

      The Die-cutter: Her neighbour and client, a workman in the Mint

      IN AQUILEIA

      Menophilus: A Senator of Stoic persuasion, co-commander of the defence

      Crispinus: Another Senator with a philosophical demeanour, the other commander of the town