From the introduction: The House of Cassius has been the spit pool of Capua since the infamous slave rebellion of fifteen years ago. The games and the whole gladiator business has not been the same since. Last year marked the change in the city's fortune. By the order of Julius Caesar 20000 new citizens moved into the area. Though most of them might have been workers luckily there was enough highclass citizens to lure in a few sponsors.