She looks older because she is using a different hair do. Her previous ones were more youthful. The new one is more mature and befitting of a young Roman matron with children, in this case Felix’s daughter.
I like how she has correctly interpreted the seer’s prediction. She has followed him and has lost most of her fortune, but she has to realize that the other option was to remain entombed for eternity with her wealth.
Now she has to look to the future and grab it with both hands and fight for it.
Except that the Roman sewers were constant flow. It’s not going to smell great, but it’s going to be a lot better than a medieval garderobe, not much waste just sitting there constantly.
Resident lurker checking in. Is Justa weary from the road, or does she look a touch older now? Ha.
Hi there 🙂
A little of both, the poor lass. Stress, travel, and volcano can put years on a person…
She looks older because she is using a different hair do. Her previous ones were more youthful. The new one is more mature and befitting of a young Roman matron with children, in this case Felix’s daughter.
There’s that.
I like how she has correctly interpreted the seer’s prediction. She has followed him and has lost most of her fortune, but she has to realize that the other option was to remain entombed for eternity with her wealth.
Now she has to look to the future and grab it with both hands and fight for it.
I can promise that our newly-grown-up Iusta definitely will do that.
Yes! They found the most important room in the building, the toilet. No they won’t need to go to the public baths for their daily fix.
It’s a very modern street, with seats over holes directly down into the sewer system!
Oh dear: no water-traps in the lines. I was afraid of that. Then again, you can hang your woolens there and keep the moths away.
A product with a thousand-and-one uses. No wonder the emperor taxed it.
Except that the Roman sewers were constant flow. It’s not going to smell great, but it’s going to be a lot better than a medieval garderobe, not much waste just sitting there constantly.