Prologue

  We are in the 1st century AD. Despite constant attacks by the barbarians, Rome experienced a remarkable golden age. The House of Cajetan was one of the most powerful families in the world and had always produced the emperor. But under Emperor Augustus Tiberius, however, it reached the absolute peak of its power. Under his rule, the economy, trade, and education flourished again after decades of crises. The military had become one of the strongest in the world, its techniques developed and refined. The Roman Empire expanded and seemed to know no borders.

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  In the heart of the empire lay Rome, the "eternal" city, the center of power and the seat of the emperor. The place that determined victory and defeat, progress and downfall. Countless markets, houses, and temples dotted the image of the city. Outside, fields stretched as far as the eye could see. Above all, on the Palatine Hill, one of Roms’s seven hills, stood the "Domus Augustana," the imperial palace. Mighty and majestic, it towered over the rest of the city. Within its countless rooms resided Caja Livia, daughter of the former Emperor Gaius Caius Divus and sister of Tiberius Caius Julianus, better known as Emperor Augustus Tiberius.