Discussion of Fortune's Favorites by Colleen McCullough on January 16 will concentrate on Chapters III through V.
We have:
- Pompey's first triumph (he is also making progress in the wife business)
- Sulla busy legislating (and making mischief)
- the death of Dalmatica
- Cicero defending Roscius (and getting married)
- Caesar in the East (a little too good to be true?) meeeting King Nicomedes, and proving himself in battle, busily making enemies along the way
- a lot of new characters at Mitylene of future significance
- Metellus Pius growing into his role as Pontifex Maximus
- The Alexandrian successions, and other goings-on in the East
- Pompey intriguing
- Sulla's last fling and death
- Gaius Verres' first black deeds
- Lepidus' and Brutus' insurrection; Servilia looking for a new husband
- and Pompey getting his Spanish command
