Chapter FourteenEphesus: Roman governor’s palace
“Well, Calpernus? Have you any news on the ring-leader? Maximus Vinius Secundus asked indolently as Titus Calpernus strode energetically into the room.
Helmet tucked correctly under his arm, Calpernus halted and bowed before the governor. “No sir, no sign of him since before you arrived in Ephesus.”
“It surely cannot be so hard to find one elderly man!”
“He may have died sir, as you say, he is elderly.”
“Surely your spies would have known if something so significant happened. After all, he is the leader of this sect.”
“No one has seen him for about a year. He could have died, or moved away.”
“I will confiscate his home.”
“One of the first things I checked Excellency was where his property was. But he has none. It is many years since
