Dramatis Personae
Thyatis Julia Clodia, Agent of the Western Empire
Dwyrin MacDonald, Thaumaturge of the Eastern Empire
Maxian Atreus, Caesar of the Western Empire
Nicholas of Roskilde, Agent of the Eastern Empire
Shirin, Princess of Khazaria, Empress of Persia
Krista, a Slave
Odenathus, Prince of Palmyra
Zoe, Queen of Palmyra
Dahak, a Persian Sorcerer
Mohammed, a Merchant Prince of Mekkah
Galen Atreus, Augustus and God of the Western Empire
Heraclius, Avtokrator of the Eastern Empire
Anastasia d'Orelio, Duchess of Parma, Spymaster
Khadames, General of the Persian Empire
Notes on Nomenclature
The Roman mile is approximately nine-tenths of an
English mile.
A league is approximately three Roman miles in distance.