Proscriptii

In late Republican Rome, Roman society is threatened by unrelenting civil wars. The senate hopes a dictator can restore Rome to her glory and end civil unrest. Only a dictator driven by revenge against his enemies and his own personal greed edicts death sentences to citizens by posting a list of his enemies on the forum wall. The lives of the citizens, freedmen and slaves are changed with the posting. Proscriptii, the act of being proscribed, is a story of lives in turmoil, of unfettered greed, of power and wealth, of love and loss, and of ultimate retribution. A sixteen year old boy son of a welathy middle class Roman family makes preparations for his manhood ceremony. Two ex-legionaries find out the service business is not for them. A greedy patrician desires to increase his wealth in property and slaves by taking advantage of Rome's civil unrest. After thirty years of servitude a slave is ready for manumission and a worry free life of freedom, and a young slave girl looks forward to death as her only salvation. All inhabitants of Rome are affected by the dreaded word thet the dictator Sulla has decreed, Proscriptii.

Charles Nothe is originally from Monson, Massachusetts. A successful businessman and entrepreneur, Mr Nothe is now semi-retired devoting time to writing and reading the history of Rome through the works of Plutarch and tacitus and the rereading of Caesar's Commentaries. He also enjoys reading any non fiction and fiction stories regarding ancient Rome by any author. Mr Nothe holds an undergraduate and masters degree in business. He spends his time between his home in Palmer, Massachusetts and his home in West Melbourne, Florida. He was born August 31, 1947, and had been married to his high school sweetheart for forty-five years. His novel Proscriptii is his first book. It is an historically accurate portrayal of the proscriptions of Sulla beginning in 81 B.C.E.. You can contact him through his email. CharlesNothefanpage@gmail.com