Jeremy Herman
1/27/12
Triarius a wealthy roman under the time that Julius Caesar was dictator
had made his money through hard work, and wealth of his family. Triarius was a wealthy slave driver who was
also an elected official and therefore spent time in the Forum Romanum as one
of the people who decided the laws that were to be passed. As a wealthy and important individual he was
well known among roman society and among his neighborhood by his fellow wealthy
palatine hill residents, and for the most part his life had been going
well. Triarius is happily married to his
wife Adela, or so he thinks, and has two children, his son Bartholomaeus, and
his strikingly beautiful daughter Cassandra, however one day everything turns
askew and his world his flipped upside down.
All was going well for Triarius,
he had a respected position in the governor class and was well known to people
for having great deals on slaves. One
day however Triarius wakes up to find his wife Adela missing, his son
Bartholomaeus on his bed dead, a dagger through the heart, a bunch of his
slaves missing and the rest of them riled up by the escapees. At the same time fellow members of the governor
class are disgruntled by Caesar rise to power and through that, their decline
of power, feeling that Caesars power hungry surge only weakens the republic which
has made that class as successful as it is.
All of a sudden Triarius’s life has been changed drasticly and he is the
only one to pick up and put together all the pieces. Triarius is therefore left to find his wife’s
kidnapper and avenge his son’s death.
Little does he know, the approval for these actions comes from much
higher in roman social standing then he expects.
