69: Part 1: The Fake it Till ya Make it Emperor

What's a broke patrician to do when Rome keeps dealing him a bad hand? Otho starts his life as an unremarkable social climber with one big talent: charming people who are way out of his league. This knack lands him in a love triangle with his best bud Emperor Nero and the stunning Poppaea Sabina-a woman so beautiful she could launch a thousand ships, or at least one spectacular scandal. When Nero inevitably claims Poppaea, Otho finds himself "promoted" to governor of Lusitania, which is rea...