"The Reign of Terror"
by Robert Silverberg
Form: Novelette
Year: 2002
ID: 1325
Publication history:
- 2003: Roma Eterna, Eos Hard cover book, ISBN 0380978598, 396 pp.
- 2003: Asimov's April 2003, Magazine, 144 pp.
- 2003: Roma Eterna, Gollancz Hard cover book, ISBN 0575073535, 384 pp.
- 2003: Roma Eterna, Gollancz Trade paperback, ISBN 0575073543, 384 pp.
- 2004: Roma Eterna, Eos Mass market paperback, ISBN 0380814889, 464 pp.
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Comments:
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?