#1 – Roma
Roma follows generations of two families from the settlement of the hills beside the Tiber to the age of Augustus. Their inherited talisman links stories of kings, republican reform, war with Carthage, social conflict and the expansion of Roman power. The family narrative passes through Hannibal’s…
#2 – Empire
Empire continues the Pinarius family story from Augustus to Hadrian. Five generations live under rulers whose personal households increasingly determine law, status and survival, from Tiberius and Caligula through Claudius, Nero and the Flavians. The Great Fire, persecution of Christians, the Year of the Four Emperors…
#3 – Dominus
Dominus begins under Marcus Aurelius in AD 165 and follows seven further generations of the Pinarius family. Plague, frontier war and the reign of Commodus give way to the Severans, military emperors and the political fragmentation of the third-century crisis. The family’s craftsmen and courtiers witness…