Being almost twenty-five years old, Minicia suffers the rejection of her father, Lucio Minicio Natal Cuaderoni, governor of proconsular Africa. The reason? Having been the lover of Theseus, the slave that mortified and marked her father’s life...

Being almost twenty-five years old, Minicia suffers the rejection of her father, Lucio Minicio Natal Cuaderoni, governor of proconsular Africa. The reason? Having been the lover of Theseus, the slave that mortified and marked her father’s life since they were kids, before dying in battle, precisely, against Minicio. This affront is worsened by the fact that Minicia had a kid with Theseus, a kid that she abandoned when she discovered the true identity of her lover.

Disconcerted by her father’s rejection, Minicia goes on with her life: her passion for horses and the quadriga races, reading and writing, her friendship with emperor Marco Aurelio and empress Faustina, the curious relationship with her husband Cneu, the mutual understanding with her slave Erasmius, the passional understanding with Lucio Cecilio Optat, a centurion. She will try to recover her father’s love and will carry out a long investigation to discover who, from Theseus lineage, is looking to get revenge and threatening to destroy not only her life, but the whole empire.