| Alexander Democedes |
Amandinus | Physician interested in Hadassah |
| Hananiah |
bar-Jonah | Hadassah's father, raised from the dead by Jesus |
| Julius |
Civilis | Rebel leader |
| Claudius |
Flaccus | Julia's former husband |
| Aurius Livius |
Fontaneus | Calabah's husband |
| Calabah Shiva |
Fontaneus | Octavia's friend |
| Severus Albanus |
Majorian | Roman commander |
| Pontius |
Pilate | Roman governor |
| Caius Polonius |
Urbanus | Julia's husband, Calabah's lover |
| Decimus Vindacius |
Valerian | Roman senator |
| Marcus Lucianus |
Valerian | Decimus's son |
| Phoebe |
Valerian | Decimus's wife |
| Ahikam |
| Relative of Trophimus |
| Anicetus |
| Bishop of Rome |
| Antigonus |
| Marcus's aristocratic friend |
| Antonius |
| General |
| Apollo |
| God of Light |
| Aquila |
| Associate |
| Arria |
| Marcus's sister |
| Artemis |
| Goddess (reference) |
| Artemis |
| Goddess |
| Asclepius |
| God of healing |
| Asellina |
| Abortionist |
| Asiaticus |
| Vitellius's freedman |
| Asyncritus |
| Relative of Trophimus |
| Atretes |
| Germanic warrior and gladiator |
| Attis |
| God of fertility |
| Basemath |
| Relative of Trophimus |
| Bato |
| Head lanista |
| Benaiah |
| Friend of Hananiah |
| Berenice |
| Herodian princess, Titus's mistress |
| Bithia |
| Phoebe's Egyptian maid |
| Caleb |
| Jewish gladiator |
| Callistus |
| Relative of Trophimus |
| Capito |
| Gladiator |
| Carpophorus |
| Officer under Scorpus |
| Catya |
| Julia's maid |
| Celerus |
| Famous gladiator |
| Chakras |
| Shop owner |
| Charon |
| Mythological boatman |
| Chiymado |
| Bato's friend |
| Clementia |
| Procopus's associate |
| Cleopas |
| Hadassah's acquaintance |
| David |
| King of Israel (reference) |
| Diana |
| Goddess of chastity |
| Domitian |
| Ruler's youngest son |
| Domitian |
| Son of Vespasian |
| Drusus |
| Wealthy man |
| Eleazar |
| Rival leader |
| Elijah |
| Prophet |
| Elisheba |
| Julia's servant |
| Elkanah |
| Friend of Hananiah |
| Enoch |
| Slave owner who bought Hadassah |
| Epaenetus |
| Magician, Marcus's acquaintance |
| Ephicharis |
| Procopus's wife |
| Esther |
| Biblical queen (reference) |
| Eunice |
| Trophimus's daughter |
| Eusebius |
| Roman senator |
| Fannia |
| Senator's wife |
| Festus |
| Legionnaire |
| Fulvia |
| Relative of Trophimus |
| Galba |
| Roman emperor |
| Gallus |
| Atretes's co-prisoner |
| Geta |
| Relative of Trophimus |
| Glaphyra |
| Arria's mother |
| Glaphyra |
| One of Marcus's companions |
| Gundrid |
| Priest |
| Hadassah |
| Protagonist |
| Helena |
| Claudius's first wife |
| Herigast |
| Hermun's friend |
| Hermun |
| Atretes's father |
| Hymenaeus |
| Associate |
| James |
| Apostle |
| John |
| Rival leader |
| John |
| Apostle |
| Josephus |
| Jewish general of fallen Jotapata |
| Julia |
| Decimus's daughter, Hadassah's master |
| Lavinia |
| Julia's servant |
| Lazarus |
| Biblical figure raised from the dead |
| Leah |
| Hadassah's sister |
| Lydia |
| Relative of Trophimus |
| Malcenas |
| Merchant |
| Mallonia |
| One of Marcus's companions |
| Marcobus |
| Leader of Bructeri |
| Mark |
| Hadassah's brother |
| Marta |
| Atretes's sister |
| Moses |
| Hebrew prophet (reference) |
| Moses |
| Prophet |
| Nebuchadnezzar |
| Babylonian king |
| Nero |
| Former Roman emperor |
| Nicanor |
| Julia's suitor |
| Octavia |
| Daughter of Drusus |
| Ostorius |
| Political candidate |
| Otho |
| Former emperor |
| Patrobus |
| Senator, Antigonus's friend |
| Paul |
| Apostle |
| Persis |
| Claudius's servant |
| Peter |
| Apostle, crucified |
| Phlegon |
| Gladiator's therapist |
| Phlegon |
| Relative of Trophimus |
| Primus |
| High-ranking official |
| Procopus |
| Buyer of Hadassah |
| Prometheus |
| Primus's son |
| Pugnax |
| Inn owner |
| Quintus |
| Malcenas's security |
| Rebekkah |
| Hadassah's mother |
| Rizpah |
| John's wife |
| Rud |
| One of Atretes's men |
| Sabinus |
| Officer under Scorpus |
| Scorpus |
| Wealthy merchant |
| Scorpus |
| Buyer of Atretes |
| Secundus |
| Gladiator |
| Sejanus |
| Kitchen staff |
| Sertes |
| Wealthy Ephesian dealing in gladiators |
| Simon |
| Rival leader |
| Tertius |
| One of Titus's commanders |
| Tharacus |
| Head trainer of the ludus |
| Thracian |
| Atretes's opponent |
| Tiberius |
| Procopus's associate |
| Titus |
| Son of Vespasian, Roman leader |
| Tiwaz |
| Germanic spirit god |
| Troas |
| Alexander's assistant |
| Trophimus |
| Atretes's trainer |
| Varus |
| Atretes's brother |
| Vespasian |
| Roman emperor, Titus's father |
| Vitellius |
| Claimant to the throne |
| Wagast |
| One of Atretes's men |
| Yeshua |
| Hebrew name of Jesus |
