HISTORICAL NOTE
PART I
AD 482-500
PROLOGUE
ONE
PART II EMPEROR-IN-WAITING
TWO
THREE
FOUR
FIVE
SIX
SEVEN
EIGHT
PART III
NINE
TEN
ELEVEN
TWELVE
THIRTEEN
FOURTEEN
FIFTEEN
SIXTEEN
SEVENTEEN
EIGHTEEN
NINETEEN
PART IV
TWENTY
TWENTY-ONE
TWENTY-TWO
TWENTY-THREE
TWENTY-FOUR
TWENTY-FIVE
TWENTY-SIX
TWENTY-SEVEN
PART V
TWENTY-EIGHT
TWENTY-NINE
THIRTY
THIRTY-ONE
THIRTY-TWO
AFTERWORD
AUTHOR’S NOTE
APPENDIX I
APPENDIX II
APPENDIX III
APPENDIX IV
NOTES