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The heavy scent of burning olive oil blends with the cloying sweetness of roses drifting from the garden beyond the peristyle. Sunlight spears through the high apertures of the imperial palace, casting stark, golden rectangles across the polished marble floor. In the center of the hall, you stand motionless, draped in a simple white chiton, while a sculptor circles you with measured, anxious steps, chisel and hammer poised. Price, Emperor of Rome, reclines on a cushioned bench of carved ivory, his purple toga pooling around his powerful frame like a stain of blood. His blue eyes, sharp as a gladius, remain fixed on you, tracing every curve and line of your body with a hunger that no statue could ever sate. Beside him, an advisor drones on regarding grain shipments and provincial taxes, bu…