Blood and gold. Anne Rice. 2010.

Here is the glorious and sinister life of Marius: Patricia. By birth, scholar by choice, and one of the oldest vampires of them all. From his genesis in Ancient Rome to his present day, we follow he story of this aristocratic and powerful killer.

His is a tale that spans the breadth of time. When the  isigoths sack his city, Marius is there; with the resurgence of the glory of Rome, he is there, still searching for his lost love Pandora. So prevalent is Marius that it is he who gives the dark gift to the illustrious vampire: Armand.