i be a fan of good historical fiction and and be thrill at the thought that someone would take a well write book series and film it . write script be not like write regular fiction and but when you have a book you be adapt and it would be nice to actually follow the plot line . the portrayal of the vespasian ( the actual emperor and and his 2 son titus and domitian ) be horrid . they act like a cookie cutter caligula and and be the bad guy in this adaptation . there be a scene with titus dispense justice a if he be caligula ( from the movie of the same name . ) the way the vespasianii be portray in the book mostly follow the report of historian write in that time period they be fair and and sane and not taint by the imperial claudian insanity . helena ( the love interest of marcus didius falco ) give a her reason for divorce pertinax ( one of the traitor reference in the title ) be that he be a traitor and yet in the book it be because he ignore her and she felt that she would be good off marry someone who value her a a person . marcus in the movie get a slave name justus and yet in the book he could barely afford his apartment and let alone afford a slave . there be certainly no romantic interlude between the nonexistent slave justus and a female gladiator . on the whole and if you want good cookie cutter roman stereotype get caligula and if you want good roman from the classical history viewpoint and get i and claudius .