#1 – The Ides
Rome, March 44 BC. More than twenty senators are committed to killing Julius Caesar, while servants, gladiators and political allies help conceal the conspiracy. Centurion Iacomus Artemidorus, code-named Septem, leads a small intelligence group working inside the households of the suspected assassins. Every message, arrest and…
#2 – After the Ides
Caesar is dead, and Mark Antony demands vengeance against the senators who struck him down. He again uses Artemidorus and the contubernium of spies to identify the conspirators, determine who directed the attack and bring back proof—or heads—from across Roman territory. The mission is complicated by…
#3 – Cicero Dies!
Italy, 43 BC. Mark Antony has been defeated at Mutina, declared an enemy of the state and left with starving remnants of his army beyond the Alps. Cicero dominates the Senate, while Octavian delays action after the deaths of both consuls create an opportunity to demand…
#4 – The Road to War
Rome, 42 BC. Antony and Octavian control the city through the Triumvirate and its proscriptions, but Brutus and Cassius hold fleets, provinces and armies in the East. Antony sends Artemidorus to Alexandria with a request for naval support from Cleopatra. The journey crosses districts stripped by…
#5 – Death at Philippi
In 42 BC, a storm sweeps Artemidorus from Cleopatra’s flagship and leaves him behind enemy lines. He must cross Thrace and Macedonia to reach the generals Saxa and Norbanus at Amphipolis, carrying intelligence that may determine whether Antony and Octavian can join battle on favourable terms.…