Homework #2 Austin Moita
Awakening
inside his small hut on the Palatine Hill, Percy stretched before walking
outside, the glowing sun warming his body and invigorating him with energy. He
walked to the edge of the hill and looked down at the Tiber River in the
distance, glistening with the Forum Boarium bustling nearby. Percy was a young
man with money and exceptional skills, but all suitable women for marriage had
eluded him. It was this that kept Percy in the Forum, as this was the location of
most of Rome’s daily life.
Percy ran through his short list of
things he needed to accomplish at the markets as he continued to take in the
view. “Chicken and bread” he said to himself, trying to hide the fact that women
were on his mind. Grabbing some money for the trip, Percy headed towards the
Velia and down the slippery slopes of the hill. Many trips up and down the hill
from the Forums had conditioned Percy and in no time, he was striding into the
Boarium, down the Via Sacra. Before turning down to the marketplace, Percy took
a minute to glance around the outside of the Temple of Vesta, then in earnest,
the Regia, praying in vain to spot a potential wife as gorgeous as the
structures he searched around. With those buildings showing no potential, Percy
then quickly headed through the center of the Forum, desperately scanning the
crowds for somebody to make his love. He first walked around the Basilica
Aemilia, and with no luck walked to the other side of the Forum to check out the
Basilica Iulia, which was equally as unfavorable as all the former locations.
Discouraged and feeling hopeless,
Percy meandered along through the Forum for some time, until he found happened
to find himself at the base of the Capitoline Hill, just outside of the
Tabularium. While he had seen the building before, never had Percy really
considered the frieze and elegant columns that the building had to offer. Sure
there were the great marble Basilicas, providing all kinds of room for
political and social engagement, but the Tabularium had such an elegant touch
for a relatively small structure like itself. Wondering if he would ever find a
beauty like the Tabularium, Percy turned around towards the Temple of Saturn
when he saw who he immediately knew would be his spouse.
