ROME 46 BCDreaming of service to the great Gaius Julius Caesar, the young Tuscan knight, Quintus Dellius, secures thepatronage of the youngest of his generals, the dissolute Cornelius Dolabella. Dellius distinguishes himself inCaesar's Spanish war against Pompey, becomes a tribune of cavalry in Caesar's army and looks forward to anassured and glittering career. But when his hero is assassinated the Roman republic is plunged into chaos as both his heirs and enemiesjostle for power. In the civil w