Poseidon_s Gold

Other Characters in the Story:

Censorinus Macer -a soldier who once believed a hot tip

Laurentius -a centurion who knows that fortunes are there to be lost

L Petronius Longus -a watch captain who does his best in trying circumstances

Marponius -an encyclopaedia salesman: the trial judge to avoid

D Camillus Verus amp; Julia Justa -nice parents with normal problems (their children)

Lenia -a laundress with terrible taste in men

Epimandos -a waiter who tries to please (on a hiding to nothing)

Stringy -the cat at Flora's Caupona

Flora -who probably does not exist

Manlius amp; Varga -two painters with short memories

Orontes Mediolanus -a much sought-after sculptor

Rubinia -a model whose measurements are worth taking

Apollonius -a geometry teacher who fails to get the measure of the real world

A Cassius Carus amp; Ummidia Servia -discerning patrons of the (lost) arts

The Aristedon Bros -shippers to the discerning (sailing in tricky waters)

Cocceius -an 'honest' auctioneer

Domitian Caesar -a ruler who claims he has to follow the rules

Anacrites -a spy who maintains that it's not his fault

Ajax -a dog with a criminal record

Group of Jewish prisoners building the Colosseum