Jeremy Herman
2/16/2012
Assignment # 5 historical
It was the break of dawn on Palatine hill, the roosters were crowing
marking the rise of the sun, gracing Rome with brilliant sunlight; all is calm,
expect in the house of Triarius.
Triarius who just 2 days prior woke up to find his wife gone and his son
murdered had not slept very well the past couple days. This tragedy could not have come at a worse
time as Triarius was still grieving at the death of many of his friends who
were serving as Caesars Legionary’s during the civil wars against Pompey. Never the less Triarius was determined to get
to the center of this mystery, he wanted nothing more than to find his wife and
avenge his son. It was a Monday, and as
a member of the senate he needed to head down to the roman forum to do his
job. He saw this as an opportunity to talk
to his friend Cicero and get his opinion on this situation as today he would be
in the Senate delivering a speech thanking Caesar for pardoning M Claudius Marcellus. With that in mind Triairus left his house on
Palatine hill and started walking down towards the roman forum, and eventually made
his way into the senate.
The Senate was filled with many
people, all to hear Cicero’s speech.
After Cicero had delivered his speech Triarius walked down to the
platform where Cicero was and approached his friend. “Cicero, my old friend,
well done delivering the speech, I’ve missed you while you spent that time in
Pompey.” Cicero looked pleased to see
Triarius’s presence and then a look of sadness crossed his face, “Thank you my
friend. I have heard the grave news about
the death of your son, and disappearance of your wife, I am greatly sorry, may
Venus grace you with strength during this hard time.” “Yes, that is what I came
here to talk to you about, I was wondering if you knew anything about it?” With
that Cicero eyed around the room and said “follow me.”
They exited the Senate and began
walking back towards palatine hill; Cicero wanted to make sure he was clear of
the other senators. “Sorry Triarius, it was not safe to talk in there with many
of Caesar’s loyalists inside.” “Why is
that of importance?” asked Triarius, “My friend, I have overheard conversations
in the senate about the disappearance of your wife, news that they should not
be aware of. I therefore have reason to
believe that the disappearance of your wife and murder of your son was at the
hands of someone from the Senate.” The First person that popped into Triarius’s
head was Marius the consul; he had always had his eye on Triarius’s wife. Triarius now heated with a vengeance like
never before was determined to find out more and to seek out revenge.
