Everything we did that day was essential to our survival in years to come. By the time Drusus finished his active duty service in the legions and returned to live with me at our villa in Ephesus, the Nicene Christians had a good start on squelching all religions in competition with theirs, including the Arian Christians and the Gnostic approach to Jesus. Gnostic - Logic - Of the Mind - unacceptable behavior according to those who hungered for power. The crusade toward mankind's ignorance was about to begin. Drusus and I survived, and we did so while continuing to grow. No narrow-minded abuse of religion for political and personal gain could stop us. Neither our quest for knowledge nor our ever-deepening affection and the means to express it would ever be squelched. A book of 115,000 words telling two stories of ancient Rome, one Eastern Empire and the other Western. The book contains graphic scenes of sexual activity and is for ADULTS ONLY.