Steven Saylor
The Venus Throw

CHRONOLOGY

Part One: NEX [death, usually violent death: murder]

Part Two: NOXIA [a fault or offense: a crime]

Part Three: NOX [the goddess Night, sister of Eros; blindness; gloom]

Part Four: NEXUS [a binding or tying together]

Listed below are some significant events preceding the action of The Venus Throw, which begins in mid-January, 56 B.C.

Gordianus in Alexandria.