Edward C. Page Bücher

Summoning Canio to his Villa Censorini (Chedworth, Gloucestershire), Caristanius Sabinus, governor of Britannia Prima, informs him that he has been ordered to find a certain ancient figurine of the Underworld goddess Hecate, which he has reason to believe is in Canio's possession.

It is November AD 370 and the governor of the province of Britannia Prima has been murdered, stabbed to death by the commander of his bodyguard troops.