The great forum of the Palatine blazed under a thousand torches, gilding the marble columns with gold. Senators in flowing robes and ambassadors in jeweled tunics huddled like birds around the steps of the Concord. Then, the plaza fell silent. She was arriving. Cassia Valeriana — the First Flower of the House of Valerii Maximi — came accompanied by two Praetorian Guards. Her white toga, edged in forbidden imperial purple, clung to her frame with effortless grace. She smirked, triumphant
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