Zinn, or Mercy of Augustus

Emilia is possessed by a passionate desire to avenge Augustus for the death of her father, Kai Toranius, the educator of the future emperor, executed by him during the triumvirate. In the role of the perpetrator of revenge, she sees her lover, Zinnu; no matter how painful Emilia is to realize that, raising her hand against the almighty Augustus, Zinn exposes

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