Nemo is a
slave, but he wasn't always one. In the year of 69 BCE, Nemo Clodius
Atticus was born to a patrician family of middling wealth and
stature. His father Marcus Clodius Atticus was a proud supporter of
the Populares and although failing in his political career (only
holding the position of quaestor twice) became obsessed with gaining
a position on the roman senate. Given to disagreements, both being of
different temperament, Marcus sold his son Nemo into slavery after a
particular bitter disagreement. He later died from an outbreak of
tuberculosis.
Unaware of his fathers fate,
Nemo spent over a decade as a slave to a wealthy merchant. He
accepted his new station without resentment and although being a
slave wasn't the most desirable circumstance he made due with what he
had. During which time met a girl named Valeriana, the daughter of a
well to do plebian merchant, whom he would later fall in love with.
After his fathers death, his older brother, also Marcus Clodius
Atticus, started searching for Nemo. Upon finding him, Marcus bought
and freed Nemo from slavery and welcomed him back into the family.
His brother, a proud
supporter of Julius Caesar, is far more successful than their father
ever was.
Young as he might be, Marcus
had already served several successful terms as quaestor and aedile.
He was on a quick road to governor of one of the provinces and
senator of rome. On the other hand, spending time with Valeriana
showed Nemo the pedestrian side of life in Rome. Although his brother
claimed Caesar fought for all the citizens of Rome, Valeriana taught
Nemo that the strength of the Roman civilization was not through one
man, but through the republic. According to her, Caesar only
manipulated the masses for his own means.
With the Ides of March
growing ever closer, Nemo learns from Valeriana of the plot against
Caesar. Forced to choose between the woman he loves and his own
brother, Nemo is left unsure of what to do. Should he stand by while
the love of his life is accomplice to murder or try to rescue Julius
Caesar, savior of Rome, from his fate?
