In the golden age of the Roman Empire, Vespillius was turned into a vampire. His name is derived from the cognomen Vespillo, the name of his maker. The Vespillo were people hired to dispose of the bodies of those too poor to afford funerals, and the two vampires would use this duty as a means to drain those beneath the notice of the aristocracy and have an excuse for disposing of the bodies, allowing them to live comfortably in society without their presence alarming those around them.