Infamia


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For fans of GLADIATOR and SPARTACUS! Before Rome was an empire, it was a city and a people born from legend. The Roman kings began a legacy of triumph and conquest that would last for centuries. However, as they grew in power, the priests of the city realized the danger of their tyranny. Members of the secretive Cult of Angerona dedicated their lives to serve as the city's protectors. Men and women from the underbelly of Roman society were enlisted to be their agents. The best of them formed an elite team that could go where soldiers could not and citizens dared not. These Infamia were the very people that society had turned its back on: actors, gladiators, prostitutes, and gamblers. They would operate, unseen and unthanked, to fend off the forces which threatened Rome. The first Infamia predate the Republic. With each new threat, a team emerges from the shadows to do what the great and the good cannot. Collects comic book issues 1-5. A Caliber Comics release.




Infamia


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Infamia #1


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For fans of GLADIATOR and SPARTACUS! Before Rome was an empire, it was a city and a people born from legend. The Roman kings began a legacy of triumph and conquest that would last for centuries. However, as they grew in power, the priests of the city realized the danger of their tyranny. Members of the secretive Cult of Angerona dedicated their lives to serve as the city's protectors. Men and women from the underbelly of Roman society were enlisted to be their agents. The best of them formed an elite team that could go where soldiers could not and citizens dared not. These Infamia were the very people that society had turned its back on: actors, gladiators, prostitutes, and gamblers. They would operate, unseen and unthanked, to fend off the forces which threatened Rome. The first Infamia predate the Republic. With each new threat, a team emerges from the shadows to do what the great and the good cannot. THIS ISSUE: Following the Roman Civil War, Julius Caesar emerged triumphant. Appointed dictator perpetuo, or dictator for life, his populist reforms made him a favorite of the people, but hated by the elites of Rome. Fearing that Caesar planned to bring back the time of kings, a group of senators led by Gaius Cassius Longinus and Marcus Junius Brutus assassinated Caesar, throwing the Republic into chaos. Dark times have fallen upon the Eternal City once again. With the murder of Caesar another civil war looms. The Infamia are called to action to protect Rome from its greatest threat: itself. A Caliber Comics release.




Infamia #5


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For fans of GLADIATOR and SPARTACUS! Before Rome was an empire, it was a city and a people born from legend. The Roman kings began a legacy of triumph and conquest that would last for centuries. However, as they grew in power, the priests of the city realized the danger of their tyranny. Members of the secretive Cult of Angerona dedicated their lives to serve as the city's protectors. Men and women from the underbelly of Roman society were enlisted to be their agents. The best of them formed an elite team that could go where soldiers could not and citizens dared not. These Infamia were the very people that society had turned its back on: actors, gladiators, prostitutes, and gamblers. They would operate, unseen and unthanked, to fend off the forces which threatened Rome. The first Infamia predate the Republic. With each new threat, a team emerges from the shadows to do what the great and the good cannot. THIS ISSUE: "From Fire and Water" - After successfully engineering a stalemate between the Republicans, Marc Antony and Octavian, the Infamia have been called back to Rome but they don’t know why. To disobey would be to exile themselves from the city they have sworn to protect. To return likely means a death sentence...” A Caliber Comics release.




Infamia #4


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For fans of GLADIATOR and SPARTACUS! Before Rome was an empire, it was a city and a people born from legend. The Roman kings began a legacy of triumph and conquest that would last for centuries. However, as they grew in power, the priests of the city realized the danger of their tyranny. Members of the secretive Cult of Angerona dedicated their lives to serve as the city's protectors. Men and women from the underbelly of Roman society were enlisted to be their agents. The best of them formed an elite team that could go where soldiers could not and citizens dared not. These Infamia were the very people that society had turned its back on: actors, gladiators, prostitutes, and gamblers. They would operate, unseen and unthanked, to fend off the forces which threatened Rome. The first Infamia predate the Republic. With each new threat, a team emerges from the shadows to do what the great and the good cannot. THIS ISSUE: “Doomed to Repeat it” - Now the Infamia are operating in unfamiliar territory. They have been forced to step out of the shadows and out of Rome in a desperate bid to keep the looming civil war from the city. Felix has covertly aligned himself with Brutus and Cassius, now calling themselves the Republicans. He has convinced them that their strategy should be to control the Eastern provinces of Rome’s territories. At the same time the Infamia have embarked on a plan to sabotage the campaign of Marc Antony’s volatile ally Dolabella. He has been sent to oust the Republicans from a key trading city and force a larger confrontation that would benefit Marc Antony. The Infamia are playing a dangerous game trying to keep any one faction from succeeding without anyone finding out their true purpose. A Caliber Comics release.




Infamia #3


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For fans of GLADIATOR and SPARTACUS! Before Rome was an empire, it was a city and a people born from legend. The Roman kings began a legacy of triumph and conquest that would last for centuries. However, as they grew in power, the priests of the city realized the danger of their tyranny. Members of the secretive Cult of Angerona dedicated their lives to serve as the city's protectors. Men and women from the underbelly of Roman society were enlisted to be their agents. The best of them formed an elite team that could go where soldiers could not and citizens dared not. These Infamia were the very people that society had turned its back on: actors, gladiators, prostitutes, and gamblers. They would operate, unseen and unthanked, to fend off the forces which threatened Rome. The first Infamia predate the Republic. With each new threat, a team emerges from the shadows to do what the great and the good cannot. THIS ISSUE: "The Enemy of My Enemy is My Enemy" -- The Infamia used the funeral of Julius Caesar to stir up the people of Rome condemning his assassins and giving their uneasy ally Octavian time to recruit support away from Caesar's lieutenants: Marc Antony and Lepidus. Octavian has grown confident in his position and is tightening his grip on power. He has organized a spectacle to further win over the people to his cause and has called the Infamia to attend him. He still needs them but they are not used to taking orders. A Caliber Comics release.




INFAMIA: Empires In America


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The year is 1931, after years of bloodshed on the streets of New York, an unsteady peace now exists between the five powerful Italian crime families of the city. Don Charles 'Fierce' Valentino embarks on the next chapter of his quest for absolute power by ushering in his plans for a governing commission, one which will allow him to expand his influence throughout the United States. Meanwhile, fresh faced Anatolio Cataldo returns to America to be reunited with his estranged brother, Enzo Cataldo, a once respected founding member of The Valentino Crime Family. As the Cataldo brothers attempt to heal old wounds and maintain their bond against the struggles of the criminal underworld, a dark game of politics and violence ensues, one which not only threatens to destroy The Valentino Crime Family, but perhaps the city of New York itself.







The Marriage of Roman Soldiers (13 B.C.-A.D. 235)


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Roman soldiers were forbidden to marry during service; many formed "de facto" families. This book analyzes the evidence for this ban; the social and legal history of the soldiers' families; and the marriage ban as policy and as cultural formation.