Irrumator
irr-oo-mah-tor (irr as in “stir-rup”)
iugera
yew-gair-ah
iugerum
yew-gair-oom (yew as in “few”)
Juba
Joo-bah
Jugurtha
Joo-goor-thah (English, Joo-ger-thuh)
Julia
Joo-lee-ah
Julilla
Joo-lil-lah
Juturna
Joo-toor-nah
Lares
Lah-rays
Lares Permarini
Pair-mah-ree-nee
Lares Praestites
Prye-stit-ays (stit as in “sit”)
Lautumiae
Low-too-mee-eye (low as in “cow”)
Licinia
Lick-in-ee-ah
Lugdunum
Loog-doo-noom
macellum
mack-ell-oom (mack as in “tack”)
Marcia
Mar-kee-ah (English, Marsh-uh or Mar-see-uh)
Marcomanni
Mar-koh-mah-nee
Marrucini
Mar-oo-kee-nee (heavy r—mar as in “tar”)
Marsi
Mar-see
Masinissa
Mah-sin-iss-ah (sin as in “tin”)
Mastanabal
Mah-stan-ah-bahl (stan as in “ran”)
Mauretania
Mow-ret-ah-nee-ah (mow as in “cow”)
mentula
men-too-lah (men as in “ten”)
mentulam coco
men-too-lahm kah-koh
Metrobius
Met-roh-bee-uss (met as in “set”)
Micipsa
Mick-ip-sah
Milo
Mee-loh (English, Mye-loh)
Misenum
Mee-say-noom
Mithridates
Mith-rid-ah-tays (English, Mith-rid-ay-tees)
Muluchath
Moo-loo-kath
Myrto
Meer-toh
Nabataea
Nah-bah-tye-ah
Nabdalsa
Nab-dahl-sah (nab as in “cab”)
Naevius
Nye-vee-uss
Narbo
Nor-boh or Nah-boh
Neapolis
Nay-ah-pol-iss (pol as in “doll”)
nefas
neff-ahss (neff as in “left”—ahss as in “arse”)
nemo
nay-moh
Nicopoiis
Nick-op-ol-iss
Numantia
Noo-man-tee-ah (man as in “man”)
Numidia
Noo-mid-ee-ah (mid as in “bid”)
Ocelum
Ock-ell-oom (ock as in “sock”)
Odysseus
Odd-iss-oos (English, Odd-iss-ee-uss)
Oedipus
Ee-dee-puss (American, Ed-ee-puss)
oppidum
op-id-oom (op as in “hop”—id as in “bid”)
opus incertum
op-uss in-ker-toom
Oxyntas
Ox-in-tahss (in as in “sin”)
Paeligni
Pye-leen-yee
Pamphylia
Pam-fee-lee-ah (pam as in “ham”)
Paphlagonia
Paff-la-goh-nee-ah
papyrus
pap-eye-russ (pap as in “tap”)
Patavium
Pat-ah-vee-oom (pat as in “cat”)
paterfamilias
pat-er-fam-ill-ee-ahss
Patrae
Pat-rye
Penates
Pen-ah-tays (pen as in “ten”)
Perseus
Per-soos (English, Per-see-uss)
phalerae
fal-er-eye (fal as in “pal”)
Phrygia
Fridge-ee-ah
Picenum
Pee-kay-noom
pilum
pee-loom
Placentia
Plah-ken-tee-ah
plebs
rhymes with “webs”
podex
poh-dex (dex as in “sex”)
pomerium
poh-mair-ee-oom
praefectus fabrutn
prye-feck-tuss fab-room (fab as in “cab”)
praenomen
prye-noh-men
praetor
prye-tor
praetor peregrinus
pair-egg-ree-nuss
praetor urbanus
oor-bah-nuss
primus inter pares
pree-muss in-ter pah-rays
Princeps Senatus
Prin-keps Sen-ah-tuss
Priscilla
Priss-kill-ah (English, Priss-ill-uh)
privatus
pree-vah-tuss
pteryges
terry-gays
Ptolemy
Tol-em-ee (tol as in “doll”)
Ptolemy Apion
Ah-pee-on
Ptolemy Euergetes
Er-air-get-ays
Puteoli
Poo-tay-oh-lee
Pyrrhus
Pirr-uss (pirr as in “stirrup”)
Reate
Ray-ah-tay
Regia
Ray-gee-ah (the g as in “gear”)
Remus
Rem-uss (rem as in “hem”—English, Ree-muss)
Rhenus
Ray-nuss
Rhodanus
Rod-an-uss (rod as in “cod”)
Roma
Roh-mah
Romulus
Roh-moo-luss
rostra
roh-strah
Rusicade
Roo-see-kah-day
Rutilia
Roo-tee-lee-ah
saepta
sye-p-tah
sagum
sag-oom (sag as in “hag”)
saltatrix tonsa
sal-tah-tricks ton-sah (ton as in “upon”)
Samnium
Sam-nee-oom (sam as in “ham”)
satrap
sat-rap
Scordisci
Skor-disk-ee
Scylax
Skee-lacks (English, Sky-lacks)
Scylla
Skee-lah (English, Skill-uh or Sill-uh)
Servilia
Sair-vee-lee-ah (sair as in “air”)
Servilia Caepionis
Kye-pee-oh-niss
smaragdus
smah-rag-duss
Smyrna
Smeer-nah (English, Smur-nuh—smur as in “fur”)
stibium
stib-ee-oom (stib as in “crib”)
stimulus
stim-oo-luss (stim as in “dim”)
Subura
Soo-boo-rah
Sulpicia
Sool-pick-ee-ah
suovetaurilia
soo-of-et-ow-rill-ee-ah
Syrtis
Seer-tiss (seer as in “leer”)
Taprobane
Tap-roh-bah-nay
Tarpeian
Tar-pay-ee-an
tata
tah-tah
Teutobod
Ter-toh-bod (bod as in “cod”)
Teutones
Ter-toh-nays
Thermopylae
Ther-mop-ee-lye
torc
tork
tribuni
trib-oo-nee (trib as in “crib”)
tribuni aerarii
eye-rah-ree-ee
tribuni militum
mill-it-oom (mill as in “will”)
tribuni plebis
pleb-iss (pleb as in “web”)
Tullianum
Tool-ee-ah-noom
Tusculum
Tuss-koo-loom (tuss as in “puss”)
Tyrrhenian
Tir-ray-nee-an (tir as in “stirrup”)
Ubus
Oo-buss
Ulysses
Oo-liss-ays (English, Yew-liss-ees)
Utica
Oo-tee-kah
Vediovis
Ved-ee-of-iss (ved as in “bed”—
of as in “of”)
Velabrum
Vel-ab-room (vel as in “sell”—ab as in “cab”)
Velia
Vel-ee-ah
Vercellae
Ver-kell-eye
via
vee-ah
Via Aemilia
Eye-mill-ee-ah
Via Aemilia Scauri
Eye-mill-ee-ah Skow-ree (skow as in “cow”)
Via Annia
Ah-nee-ah
Via Appia
Ah-pee-ah
Via Aurelia
Ow-ray-lee-ah (ow as in “cow”)
Via Domitia
Dom-it-ee-ah (dom as in “tom”—it as in “sit”)
Via Flaminia
Flam-in-ee-ah (flam as in “ham”)
Via Lata
Lah-tah
Via Latina
Lat-ee-nah (lat as in “sat”)
Via Nova
Noh-vah
via praetoria
prye-tor-ee-ah
via principalis
prin-kip-ah-liss
Via Sacra
Sack-ran
Via Salaria
Sal-ah-ree-ah (sal as in “pal”)
Via Tiburtina
Tib-er-tee-nah (lib as in “crib”)
vicus
vee-kuss
Vicus Patricii
Pat-rick-ee-ee (pat as in “sat”)
Vicus Tuscus
Tuss-kuss (as in “puss”)
Volcae Tectosages
Vol-kye Teck-toh-sah-gays
Volscian
Vol-skee-an
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Contents
Cover
Welcome Page
Dedication
A Note to the Reader Page
Maps and Illustrations
Maps
Illustrations
The Main Characters
Caepio
Caesar
Drusus
Marius
Metellus
Pompeius
Rutilius Rufus
Scaurus
Sulla
Bithynia
Pontus
I: 98 B.C.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
II: 97-93 B.C.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
III: 93 B.C.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
IV: 92-91 B.C.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
V: 91-90 B.C.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
VI: 90 B.C.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
VII: 89-88 B.C.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
VIII: 88 B.C.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
IX: 88-87 B.C.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
X: 87-86 B.C.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Author’s Note
List of Consuls
Glossary
Pronunciation Guide to Roman Masculine Names
Pronunciation Guide to Other Names and Terms
Copyright
Rome, 83 BC
The Republic is disintegrating. Ravaged by disease, tormented by desire, Lucius Cornelius Sulla has returned from his campaign in the East determined rebuild it, even if it means taking battle to the very walls of Rome and purging the city with blood. There will be deaths without number or limit, but amid the chaos, three infinitely ambitious young Romans vie for greatness.
The young wolves are Pompeius Magnus, Marcus Crassus and the man the world will one day know by just one name: Caesar. Together, they are Fortune’s favourites – an endorsement that will prove as much a blessing as a curse.
Table of Contents
For Lieutenant Colonel the Reverend A. Rebecca West
Femina Optima Maxima
The world’s greatest woman
MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
Maps
The Roman Near East (with particular reference to movements if Caesar and Verres)
Italia: Topography and Roads
Northern Italy and South—Central Italian Gaul
East—Central Italy
Ofella’s Siege of Praeneste; Sulla’s Occupation of Via Latina
Route of Samnites to Colline Gate of Rome
The Hellespont, the Propontis, the Thracian Bosporus, Bithynia, Mysian Asia Province, and Lesbos
The East (with Emphasis upon the conquests of Tigranes)
Pompey’s Route Across the Alps
The Spains
The Wanderings of Spartacus 37–71 B.C.
Southwestern Italy
Illustrations
Nicomedes III Epiphanes Philopator
Young Pompey
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius
Lucius Lucinius Lucullus
Gaius Julius Caesar
Quintus Sertorius
Marcus Licinius Crassus
The Consul Pompey
The Well of the Comitia
Aurelia’s Insula
Roman Magistrates
Shape of Toga
SYNOPSES
It is my intention that Fortune’s Favorites be read with full enjoyment as a complete, free—standing novel, without the necessity of having previously read The Grass Crown or The First Man in Rome. The synopses below provide a brief summary of those two books for the reader’s convenience and enhanced enjoyment.
EVENTS CHRONICLED IN THE FIRST MAN IN ROME
The year is 110 B.C. More by accident than design, the Republic of Rome has begun to acquire her territorial empire, a process of expansion that has placed increasingly intolerable strains upon an antique constitution. This constitution had been designed to regulate the affairs of a small city—state and protect the interests of its ruling class, embodied still in 110 B.C. by the Senate.
The true profession of Rome was war, which she conducted superbly and had come to rely upon in order to maintain growth and a thriving economy; she also kept the various other nations within Italy in a subordinate position by denying their peoples the Roman citizenship and parity in commerce.
But the voice of the People had become louder,
and a series of political demagogues like the Brothers Gracchi had arisen with the avowed intention of depriving the Senate of its power. Power was to be transferred to the People in the persons of a slightly lower echelon of Roman citizens, the knights, who were primarily wealthy businessmen. (Agitation for social change in the ancient world was never undertaken on behalf of the poor, but rather took the form of a struggle between the landed aristocracy and the commercial plutocracy.)
In 110 B.C. the forty-seven-year-old Gaius Marius was a relative nobody from the little Latin district of Arpinum. Thanks to his superlative military ability, he had managed to rise as far as the second—most—important position in elected government, the praetorship, and had accumulated vast riches. But Marius hungered to be consul (the top office), though he knew that his obscure birth and ancestry would not permit of his rising so high. The consulship belonged to the landed aristocrats of ancient family who had never grubbied their hands with making money in a commercial marketplace.
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