The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · Character
Zamma
- Minor
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 114
A figure caught in the shadows of family strife, his presence marked by the weight of blood ties and the harsh realities of power struggles in distant provinces.
- Gender
- male
- Age
- Adult
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 114
- Books
- 1
Zamma appears only briefly in the historical record as the brother of Firmus, the Mauretanian rebel. His life ended in a domestic quarrel, a casualty of the turbulent family dynamics that characterized the Roman frontier provinces during periods of unrest.
Description
A middle-aged North African man of average build, with dark olive skin and short black hair. His features are weathered from desert life, and he wears simple linen robes typical of 4th-century Roman North Africa.
Story so far
BOOK 1The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)
Appearances
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