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Pupienus: Prefect of the City

Pupienus Maximus: His elder son

Pupienus Africanus: His younger son

Balbinus: A patrician of dissolute ways

Gallicanus: A Senator of Cynic views

Maecenas: His intimate friend

Tranquillina: Ambitious wife of Timesitheus

Maecia Faustina: Daughter of the late Emperor Gordian the Elder, and sister of the late Emperor Gordian the Younger

Marcus Junius Balbus: Her young son

Caenis: A prostitute in the Subura

The Die-cutter: Her neighbour and client, a workman in the Mint

Menophilus: A Senator of Stoic persuasion, co-commander of the defence

Crispinus: Another Senator with a philosophical demeanour, the other commander of the town

Maximinus Thrax: The Emperor

Caecilia Paulina: His deceased wife

Verus Maximus: His son and heir

Apsines of Gadara: Secretary to Maximinus

Flavius Vopiscus: A general

Anullinus: Praetorian Prefect

Volo: Commander of the frumentarii

Julius Capitolinus: Equestrian commander of the 2nd Legion Parthica

Dernhelm: A young barbarian hostage, beginning to be called Ballista

Timesitheus: Equestrian official, a prisoner on his way to Maximinus

Honoratus: Senatorial governor of Moesia Inferior on the Danube

Iunia Fadilla: Wife of Verus Maximus, on the run

Priscus: Equestrian governor of Mesopotamia

Philip: His brother

Catius Clemens: Governor of Cappadocia, long-term supporter of Maximinus

Ardashir: Sassanid King of Kings