De komedianten

Rome under the emperor Domitian: in the rain-soaked Suburra, the twin brothers Cecilius and Cecilianus belong to a troupe of comic actors who play in taverns, rich men's houses and theatres. Couperus follows the company through a teeming city of patrons, poets such as Martial, slaves, courtesans and the emperor's spectacles. This book uses the racial and other slurs of its period as written; the Book Guide explains these words where they occur. This book contains scenes of violence as its author wrote them.

Summary written with Claude Opus 5.5.