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© Copyright Vittorio Carvelli 2017 © Copyright Vittorio Carvelli 2017 BY VITTORIO CARVELLI with additional material reproduced by permission from © Copyright Zac Sawyer 2017 and © Copyright Peter Crawford 2017 warning: this story features nudity, and violent and sexually explicit images and text do not view if you may be offended - 18+ only © Copyright Vittorio Carvelli 2017 ' PREFACE ' essential reading (updated March 2017) ILLUSTRATED SYNOPSIS of  the STORY of GRACCHUS _______________________________ ' REFLECTIONS on ROMAN TALES' SUB MENU ROMAN TALES IN THE ANCIENT WORLD HISTORICAL FICTION HISTORICAL PERIOD DRAMA, TV and FILMS REFLECTIONS on the 'STORY of GRACCHUS' PROBLEMS WITH ROMAN TALES STORY OF GRACCHUS - THEMES PLOT and CHARACTERS SLAVERY IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE RELIGION MYSTERY AND MYSTICISM THE TRUTH ABOUT GLADIATORS ? ____________________________________ LIBER I CHAPTER I - PIRATES 'Pirates' CHAPTER II - SERVITIUM 'Slavery' CHAPTER III - I

© Copyright Vittorio Carvelli 2016 The Year of the Four Emperors - Part I warning : this section features nudity  and explicit sexuality - do not view if you may be offended to view images full size open in a new tab © Copyright Vittorio Carvelli 2016 It was the morning after the day at the Games . While Markos was helping Glykon at the doors to the palatial villa, one of Gracchus' messenge boys came running up. " The Dominus wants to see you ! ", he panted. The call seemed urgent, if the slave-boy's manner was anything to go by. " I wonder what he wants this time ! ", Glykon said with a touch or resignation, and possibly even envy in his voice. " I've no idea ! ", Markos replied - truthfully. No matter how many times Markos spoke to Gracchus, he was always nervous. This was a man who, at the worst, had the power of life of death over all his slaves, and while he was in Gracchus' favour at the moment, he always felt the if he made the sligh

© Copyright Vittorio Carvelli 2016 warning : this section features nudity,  explicit sexuality and extreme violence- do not view if you may be offended REMEMBER - to view images full size open in a new tab © Copyright Vittorio Carvelli 2016 Apollo © Copyright Zac Sawyer 2016 reproduced with permission Gracchus and Marcus at the Arena © Copyright Vittorio Carvelli 2016 In view of the dire warnings given by the oracle of Apollo, Gracchus wanted to prepare Marcus so that he would be able to help to manage Gracchus' vast business empire, including the buying, selling and leasing of slaves and, in particular, Gracchus pet project, the arena at Baiae. As a result of his visit to the arena , it was obvious that Marcus had a keen interest in all aspects of the amphitheatre, and in particular the gladiators. It would seem appropriate, therefore, at this point in the story, to consider the significance that the events in the arena had for people in the Roman world - including the characters