The Reign of Terror

Form: Novelette

Year: 2002

Publication history:

• 2003 : Roma Eterna (hc) , Eos, 396 pp., ISBN 0380978598
• 2003 : Asimov's April 2003 (m) , , 144 pp.
• 2003 : Roma Eterna (hc) , Gollancz (UK), 384 pp., ISBN 0575073535
• 2003 : Roma Eterna (tpb) , Gollancz (UK), 384 pp., ISBN 0575073543
• 2004 : Roma Eterna (pb) , Eos, 464 pp., ISBN 0380814889

This Roma Eterna story, set in Roman year 2563 (1810 by our calendar), covers some momentous changes in the Eternal City. The Emperor Demetrius II is not an entirely sane man. He's no Caligula -- his madness tends towards extravagant parties and fanciful building projects -- but the Empire is suffering, not the least in the Treasury. The Consuls Valerian Apollinaris and Larcius Torquatus decide to take matters into their own hands. But is the cure worse than the disease?