Chapter I
The City
"Behold Romula at sunrise, the marble catching fire with light. I have footnoted the sunrise. It checks out. The aqueducts march in like they own the place, which, legally, the ducks do."Plinius the Nosy, narration, Chapter I
Docket No. F-001 · Now showing
Romula, in motion.
For the first time, the Digest presents moving pictures of the ancient city, filmed at great expense and narrated at even greater length by our Head Historian. Press play. Plinius insists.
Chapter II
The Baths
"The steam. The marble. The water, exactly the temperature of a good soup. I wept when I first saw it. Then I stamped the weeping, because even emotions need documentation."Plinius the Nosy, narration, Chapter II
Chapter III
The Oculus
"One beam of light. A thousand prayers. I counted the prayers, all one thousand, and can confirm the beam arrives at noon, every day, right on time. I have set my naps by it for years."Plinius the Nosy, narration, Chapter III
Romula fell.
E2 rose.