Characters played by Alisdair Simpson
Narrator
Characters played by Tim Pigott-Smith
Pliny the Elder
Characters played by Jim Carter
Polybius
Characters played by Jonathan Firth
Stephanus
Characters played by Rebecca Norton
Fortunata
Characters played by Inika Leigh Wright
Hedone
Characters played by Martin Hodgson
Gaius
Characters played by Rachel Atkins
Plinia
Characters played by Robert Whitelock
Celadus
Characters played by Chad Shepherd
Africanus
Characters played by Katharine Whitburn
Julia
Characters played by Chrissie Cotterill
Epidia
Characters played by Leigh Jones
Sabinus
Characters played by George Antoni
Felix
Characters played by F. Murray Abraham
Narrator
Characters played by Tony Amendola
Pomponianus
Characters played by Omar Berdouni
Callistus
Characters played by Emily Canfor-Dumas
Slave Girl
Characters played by Nicolas Chagrin
Tiberius Claudius Eutychus
Characters played by Neji Nejah
Restitutus
Characters played by Essa Zahir
House Slave