Esau Hernandez
Assignment
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It was the night before Acestes, a
common slave whom had been bough by his master to fight, escapes from his
master’s palace. That night Acestes was planning his escape. How he would get
down to the Roman Forum and then the market, where Acanthus, friend of his will
be waiting for him to help him escape. Acestes knew that the best time to
escape would be right before dawn and decides to get some rest before his
journey to freedom.
The time had come for him to
escape. Two hours before the sun rose, Acestes escapes from the palace, which
was located on the Palatine Hill. He then gets to the road, which will take him
down the Palatine hill and down to the Velia. As he descends down to the Velia,
from far away he can see the Coliseum and remembers all the fights he once had
in there. All the victories he had and the roar of the people asking for the
there to be blood shed. As He continued on, he finally makes it to the Roman
forum. The first thing that catches his eyes is the Vesta, Aedes, the temple of
the goddess Vesta. Next to it was the Regia, a shrine sometimes called the horn
of the King. Beyond this, Acestes sees the Forum, in between both the basilica
Aemilia and basilica Lulia. After admiring the Forum and its surrounding he
hurried on past it and made it to the market where he met up with Acanthus. Acanthus
then gave him a set of robes and sandals for him to wear to help him on the
rest of his journey to the port and as far away from Rome as possible. Year’s later;
Acestes dies after successfully achieving freedom and having a family of his
own.
