Daughters of the Nile
“Draped in pure white, the chief Vestal Virgin is waiting for me inside the well-tended gates. She’s a woman of such height and stature that we meet each other with a level gaze. “Welcome to the House of the Vestals, Your Majesty.”“I thank you for the invitation, Virgo Vestalis Maxima. To what do I owe this rare honor?”“You may call me Occia,” she says with a musical voice, leading me into the shade of the courtyard, where the statues of her predecessors watch over us. “I’ve asked you here becau...se Augustus wishes for you to take part in our sacred rites. He tells me that you have refused . . .”“And he’s asked you to change my mind?”“Yes. Though I would have tried whether he asked or not.”“I cannot imagine why.”“Your Majesty, I’ve been tending the hearth at the heart of this city since I was a girl. I was unusually young when I rose to be the chief Vestal. Twenty-two. The same age that you are now. That was the year your father broke with your mother to marry Lady Octavia and all Rome believed that the civil wars were over.MoreLess
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