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(0)Fredric W. Meek
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In 89 B.C., the Socii War, between Rome and her Italian allies on teh peninsula, has concluded, but only some of the causes of the war have been resolved. Gaius Marius, once the first man of Rome, and Lucius Cornelius Sulla, a military genius, return from the war, each with his own agenda. The social and economic conflicts they represent, the political intrigues they generate, and the respective drives for power in Rome, will plunge the Republic into...
2) The college
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Robert Brickford and his family are blind-sided by a delegation from the Vatican, reporting that Brickford had been elected to the papacy; that a deadlock College of Cardinals has been inspired by miraculous events to make him the supreme pontiff. Brickford is a married, Protestant American and inclined to dismiss the invitation to an interview by the conclave. His Catholic wife persuades him to accept and against opposition within the college he...
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Gaius Gabinus wants revenge. Returning from the Samnite War in 290 B.C.E, Gaius finds his family bankrupt and his father murdered. Milo Plotius, the moneylender, is responsible. But Plotius, a rich and powerful senator, is protected by law. Gaius looks for help from the Tribunes of the Plebs. Only one offers any hope, and that tribune has his own agenda. Forced to make his family his first priority, Gaius and his new slave, Silvanus, form an uneasy...