The New Peace: The Republic Book VI

Servius Fulvius Flaccus returns from the war at Carthage expecting that he now has the opportunity to make political moves.

However, his earliest realization is that Scipio Africanus, his patron and recent commander, has not chosen Servius as one of the men he intends to advance. Swallowing his resentment, Servius begins to maneuver, intending to act so shrewdly that he will be impossible to ignore.

As he works on behalf of his cousins, Quintus and Gaius Fulvius, he learns of past scandal...