Character Relationship Map: Germanikus

Characters

• Germanikus (played by Gerhard Polt) — protagonist

  A work-shy, lazy man from the village of Sumpfing, Germanikus is taken to Rome by slave traders and sold to the nouveau riche Roman Tusnelda. After escaping, he becomes a taster at the imperial court,...

• Tusnelda (played by Gisela Schneeberger) — supporting

  A nouveau riche Roman who buys Germanikus after slave traders bring him to Rome. Her purchase places him in a life of enslavement; he later escapes from her and becomes a taster at the imperial court....

• Prefect (played by Rufus Beck) — supporting
• Mrs. Senator (played by Anke Engelke) — supporting
• Saba (played by Aïssatou Thiam) — supporting

  A black slave who helps Germanikus survive the deadly arena fight after he is accused of killing the emperor and condemned to face the tigers. Her help enables him to win and be proclaimed emperor. Sh...

• Roman Salesman (played by Bernhard Hoëcker) — supporting
• Emperor Titus (played by Moritz Bleibtreu) — supporting
• Almosius (played by Tom Gerhardt) — supporting
• Figaro Nino (played by Martin Schneider) — supporting
• Sejanus (played by Manfred Lehmann) — supporting
• Roman Slave Hunter (played by Hilmi Sözer) — supporting
• Sigurd (played by Nikolaus Paryla) — minor
• Bodo (played by Andreas Hofmann) — minor
• Quintus Turbo (played by Alvaro Solar) — minor
• Manfred (played by Michael Schreiner) — minor
• Brunhilda (played by Annette Frier) — minor
• Karin (played by Jessica Kosmalla) — minor
• Germanikus' Mother (played by Irm Hermann) — minor
• Algunda (played by Claudia Wipplinger) — minor
• Matrone (played by Nadia Rinaldi) — minor