These tales tell the story of Gordianus's adopted son Eco's childhood, Gordianus's relationship with Bethesda (first his slave and now his wife), Bethesda's own background, and, perhaps most important, the history of Rome from the end of Sulla's dictatorship up until the time of the Spartacan slave revolt.
- ISBN10 0312582412
- ISBN13 9780312582418
- Publish Date 5 January 2010 (first published 15 June 1997)
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint St. Martins Press-3PL
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 240
- Language English