
Rome
Contained memory. Archaeology of the first displacement.
I am old now. My hands tremble like dry leaves when the harsh autumn wind blows, and my eyes can no longer perceive the world with the crystalline clarity of my early years. Yet, there are memories that neither the crushing weight of years nor the will of the gods themselves can erase.
I was young then. Merely a servant of ink, a minor scribe earning his bread copying fiery speeches for senators and keeping the endless accounts of merchants in the bustle of the Forum. Rome was powerful, proud... we believed it was eternal.
