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SAM AND REMI’S PLANE DID NOT COME IN TO LEONARDO da Vinci–Fiue international hub with forty million visitors a year Instead they flew into Ciampino Airport, fifteen kiloe except a laptop coh customs quickly

It took h the Rois Grand Hotel The hotel was spare and elegant on the outside but luxurious inside, with ornate public spaces adorned with vases of flowers At the desk was athe to buy myself some clothes, take a bath, and then I’ll be ready to see people” She looked at Sa

“And I’d better get you soging for bones like a dog”

“A noble beast engaged in a noble profession, but I’d better go with you,” said Sam

They checked in, then asked the concierge to get the the best-quality ready-ht a suit while Reht a cocktail dress, shoes, and purse They took a cab to their hotel and retired to their suite for an hour before they came to Albrecht’s room and knocked

The door swung open, and it looked as though a party was in session There was Albrecht, and Sel around a tray of hors d’oeuvres Pete Jeffcoat and his girlfriend and coresearcher, Wendy Corden, were acting as bartenders Tibor Lazar and his brother János sat on a couch There was a large table set for dinner

“Sa them “Welcome to our humble abode” People stood up and surrounded thelasses in their hands Remi whispered in Sam’s ear, “This is like a dream”

“It is,” he said They took seats at the big table “Sorry we’re late,” he said “We arrived wearing the clothes ore in a fistfight”

“We’ve been eager to talk about the tomb,” said Selma “Albrecht wanted to wait for you”

Albrecht stood “All right,” said Sam “Go ahead”

Albrecht said, “Well, what I believe we’re going to find is the chae to us—to the people who found the five treasures, whoever they turned out to be—was very clear He wanted to be buried as the guest of a daughter of the Flavian emperors”

“Which were the Flavian emperors?” asked Sam

“Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian, a father and two sons, who ruled Rome froeneral co the eastern forces who essentially took the throne by showing up in Roue with Titus and Domitian inherited”

“Why would Attila care about them?”

“I’ht of Rome’s power They were the first emperors who tried to take over Dacia on the Danube as a colony, and that was near the Huns’ territory, but it didn’t happen until some time after the Flavians died”