The Burning Maze horse is Incitatus, and its owner is the third emperor, Caligula. They return to Aeithales and convey the news to the spirits. Grover tells Apollo about a part of the Labyrinth that is burning, causing droughts and water shortage in the upper world. Hedge and Mellie reveal that Piper McLean and Jason Grace had explored the Labyrinth. Apollo decided to meet with them. Meg plants the seeds with which her father had planned to reincarnate the Meliai. Apollo, Meg and Grover meet Piper and bring Jason, who had broken up with Piper, from his school the following day. Jason confidentially
Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor greater control over the Church than his grandfather Otto I had decades earlier. The Emperor quickly demonstrated his intention to withdraw Imperial support for the privileges of the Holy See laid out by Otto I. Under the "Diploma Ottonianum" issued by Otto I, the Emperor could only veto papal candidates. Otto III, however, had nominated and successfully installed his own candidate. The Emperor also refused to acknowledge the Donation of Constantine, which Otto III declared a forgery. Under a decree supposedly issued by Roman Emperor Constantine the Great, the Pope was granted secular authority over western Europe. These actions resulted