Round 5 - The Colosseum

Once more the bachelor brothers of the Palace had gathered at the Colosseum for some entertainment in the form of fighting to the death. Today's challenger has been chosen randomly and the lucky one is going up against a gladiator. If she wins, she lives, if she loses, she dies. Simple rules!

The lucky one is already supposed to be dead some rounds ago, but was revived - Nona Zimeca! Mother of five and wife of Seneca Zima, she used to work at the Palace as a teenager, until she murdered one of her fellow slaves, Vibianus Zimayo, in the kitchen.

Her opponent is none other than her brother, Tacitus. They have been separated for many years now, working for different Patrician families since childhood, and do not know each other.

As the fight softly begins, Nona seems terrified at what's happening.

But she quickly goes into offensive stance, slapping and slapping her brother/opponent over and over again.

Finally, Tacitus gets enough and attacks.

As the dust settles, it's clear that our challenger isn't successful. Tacitus wins the fight by killing Nona, making the Zimeca children motherless once again.





That's it for Round 5! While it wasn't a brutally eventful round, a lot did happen. For example, generation 5 was conceived (Drusa and Antonia are the lucky mothers), and the youngest member of generation 2 became an elder (Andile Callani), while the youngest of generation 3 became a teenager (Petronius Seoli).
Round 5 statistics:
Births: 12
Weddings: 1
Deaths: 2
As you can see, a population change of +10. It's growing, and quickly.
I am very excited about Round 6/18, which begins next, because of three reasons: One, the marriage between Emperor Varius and Sabina Callandile; Two, the birth of the first generation 5 babies; Three, the firstborns in generation 4 will become adults (and I believe generation 3 starts to become elders as well). There's a lot of progress in the next round!