Flavius Livius Secundas sat within the confines of his villa in Constantinople. He was one of the many Patricians who had fled the Western Roman Empire after conspiring to assassinate its newest emperor. Under the protection of the Eastern Roman Empire's regent, Yazdegerd, he lived a life of quiet luxury.
Secundas came from a long line of patricians and senators, and though the power of the senate had waned in recent centuries, there was still a certain amount of power held in the hands of Rome's elite families. However, that all came crumbling down when Marcellus ascended to the throne and butchered the senate.
