These are the Nixerias, another separated family of slaves. The mother/grandmother Akinyi is the Palace's kitchen slave, where her children Caelina and Marianus also work.
Row 1: Prisca Nixeira (Head's sister, standing); holding: Antonia Nixeira (second daughter), Quintus Nixeira (Head of the family, standing), Fulvia Nixeira (wife, standing); holding: Drusa Nixeira (first daughter)
There is quite a lot of changes from when we left them. Caelina and Marianus has left the household to work for the Emperor. Marianus and Fabiola had to fight each other in the Colosseum; the boy won and was chosen to become the very first gladiator, owned by the Emperor's family. Fabiola was as a consequence murdered.
When I enter the apartment, I see the ghost of Fabiola saying goodbye to her family. Poor little girl...
On a happier note, the twins Drusa and Antonia are absolutely adorable.
And their parents are expecting a little sibling for them soon.
Very soon!
But first, the twins are having their birthday.
Here's Drusa, the older one of them, as a child.
And here's her sister Antonia. I really like how both of them look.
But then tragedy strikes, as Fulvia has a late miscarriage. There won't be any little sibling yet...
Quintus and Fulvia are trying for a new baby, but take their time to mourn what they lost as well.
Still, it doesn't take long before Fulvia's belly starts growing again. Hopefully this pregnancy goes better.
Quintus starts worrying about how the family is going to keep affording food as the family grows, and begins to take trips down to the community lots, where he tries to pick the richer people's pockets. Unfortunately, he's not very talented, but at least he hasn't gotten caught so far.
Drusa and Antonia was going to make their first trip to the Baths, but for some reason the only ones who went were Antonia and Quintus. They did however have a great time with each other.
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