The Gate of Fire

THE OATH OF EMPIRE

Dramatis Personae

Thyatis Julia Clodia, Agent of the Western Empire

Dwyrin MacDonald, Thaumaturge of the Eastern Empire

Maxian Atreus, Caesar of the Western Empire

Nicholas of Roskilde, Agent of the Eastern Empire

Shirin, Princess of Khazaria, Empress of Persia

Krista, a Slave

Odenathus, Prince of Palmyra

Zoe, Queen of Palmyra

Dahak, a Persian Sorcerer

Mohammed, a Merchant Prince of Mekkah

Galen Atreus, Augustus and God of the Western Empire

Heraclius, Avtokrator of the Eastern Empire

Anastasia d'Orelio, Duchess of Parma, Spymaster

Khadames, General of the Persian Empire

Notes on Nomenclature

The Roman mile is approximately nine-tenths of an

English mile.

A league is approximately three Roman miles in distance.