Cadmus shrugged his shoulders. "I worked in Egypt, I have done a little trading there and have guarded a few caravans or merchants going in and out. Most of my work for Rome was in Anatolia and Asia. You do not strike me as a military man, but perhaps you have traveled a little yourself." He was not sure if the man had. The impression he had gotten of this family was of one whose power was very much fixed in Rome. Apart from a girl with a spark of wonderlust in her heart, and perhaps a bit too much curiosity, he had seen nothing to make him think to the contrary. "If you haven't you might want to travel to Cyprus, the woman there have enough beauty to charm the money out of a miser until he's penniless."