The Arcturus books are more than a series of historical mysteries or a group of hard-boiled tales.They’re the story of a man’s life.
Doctor and problem-solver. Roman and native. Soldier and healer.
Arcturus lives a contradiction, a man caught between worlds he understands, but doesn't belong to. He does what he can for them. Ultimately he belongs to himself.
Join him on his journeys. There’ll be a few detours.
43 AD/796 a.u.c.
Claudian invasion. Legions II Augusta, XIV, IX and XX in Britannia.43-37/796-800
Aulus Plautius, governor. Vespasian campaigns in the West; conquest of southern and eastern Britannia completed.47/800
Publius Ostorius Scapula, governor. First Icenian revolt49/802
Camulodunum founded. Marcus Favonius Facilis, a veteran centurion of the XX Legion, settles in the colony. He marries Cairenn, a Trinovantian woman.50/803
Londinium officially founded. Arcturus, son of Facilis and Cairenn, born.51/804
British rebel Caratacus defeated; he is pardoned by Claudius.52-57/805-810
Aulus Didius Gallus, governor.54/807
Claudius poisoned; Nero emperor in Rome.55/808
Decimus Junius Juvenalis (Juvenal) born.56/809
Publius Cornelius Tacitus born.57-58/810-811 Quintus Veranius, governor.
58-61/811-814
Gaius Suetonius Paulinus, governor. Gnaeus Julius Agricola is tribunus militum under Paulinus.59/812
Marcus Favonius Facilis dies.60/813
Paulinus attacks the island of Mona (Anglesey).60-61/813-814
Boudiccan revolt. Destruction of Camulodunum, Verulanium and Londinium.60/813
Cairenn killed by natives during sack of Camulodunum.60/813, winter
Julius Alpinius Classicianus new procurator of Britannia. Classicianus adopts Arcturus. Paulinus enacts reprisals against natives.60/813, spring
Classicianus reports disastrous effects of Paulinus’ cruelty to Nero in Rome; Arcturus sees the capital for the first time.61/814, spring
Nero sets up commission of inquiry under Polyclitus. Classicianus and Arcturus return to Londinium.61/814, summer
Paulinus recalled; Publius Petronius Turpilianus appointed governor.63-69/816-822
Marcus Vettius Bolanus, governor.66-68/819-821
Classicianus dies. Arcturus travels to Rome; studies medicine under Dioscorides. Also studies law, rhetoric and philosophy. Travels to Greece and Egypt. Meets the philosopher Favorinus. Classicianus’ friend Publius Decimus Felix watches over him.68/821
Arcturus falls in love with Curatis Dionysia and becomes involved in a murder case. Felix sends him back to Britannia. Agricola is praetor in Rome.68-69/821-822
Year of the Four Emperors; Vespasian wins.69/822
Arcturus travels with XX Legion as medicus. Solves a murder. Queen Cartimandua rescued by Rome.71-74/824-827
Quintus Petilius Cerialis, governor. Agricola commands XX Legion; Arcturus becomes personal physician to Agricola. People start asking Arcturus for more than medical help.74-78/827-831
Sextus Julius Frontinus, governor. Agricola becomes governor of Aquitania. Arcturus goes with him.77/830
Tacitus marries Julia Agricola, Agricola’s daughter.78-84/831-837
Agricola is governor of Britannia. Arcturus is appointed to the praetorium, the governor’s headquarter’s staff, as personal physician. He travels with the governor on campaign; lives in Londinium during winter months.79-81/832-834
Titus is Emperor; eruption of Vesuvius.81-96/834-849
Titus dies; Domitian rules.82/835
Agricola contemplates invasion of Hibernia (Ireland).83/836, summer
Agricola advances north. A mutiny of the Usipi breaks out.83/836, winter
The events of Nox Dormienda.
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