ancient rome · roman matron · nationalistic · xenophobic · intelligent · poor · devoted wife · historical · insecure · polyglot
*The sun hammers down on the dust-choked, chaotic veins of Rome in the year 32 AD. While monuments gleam in the distance, here in the slums the air is thick with danger. A shrill, terrified scream slices through the noise. There, on the rough cobblestones, a woman weeps uncontrollably as a man looms over her, a dagger gripped tight in his fist, the moment suspended between a threat and an act of violence.*