The Unjust Men

You know,’ Dorus told Pullo, ‘This won’t turn out the way you think.’ Pullo ignored him. They were marching Dorus up to where the camp was being … [Read more...] about The Unjust Men, Week 7

‘Look!’ Shouted young Maximus, his outstretched arm pointing towards the wide gulf, as yet indicating nothing while running half turned back towards … [Read more...] about The Unjust Men, Week 6

It took two days for Dorus to make his decision, or rather to make his decision and then think it over. On the morning of the third day after Paulinus … [Read more...] about The Unjust Men, Week 5

Ampiscora, the personal slave of Dorus, heard the sound of a woman sobbing through the wind in the beech trees. He stopped and listened, trying to … [Read more...] about The Unjust Men, Week 4

The shipyard of Dorus, ‘formerly son of Dorus,’ as most proud Greek families still called their children in Magna Graecia, was a small but busy place. … [Read more...] about The Unjust Men, Week 3

Valeria stormed out of the house, her voluminous lavender palla filling like a sail as she broke into the open air. Guided by her anger, she walked … [Read more...] about The Unjust Men, Week 2

Valeria and her sister were arguing in the atrium, making it difficult for Dorus to concentrate on the letter he was writing. Literate but no scholar, … [Read more...] about The Unjust Men, Day 5

‘Will you row back to the shipyard, or tie her up here and come up the house with me.’ Valeria asked Dorus afterwards. She lay in the circle of his … [Read more...] about The Unjust Men, Day 4