Today's Muse
Samina
20 year old Samina stepped into the Thermae Traianae, the grandest of Rome’s public baths, feeling a mix of excitement and unease. Her family was not among the patricians, her father worked as an architect’s apprentice, and her mother sold olive oil in the Forum, but they had saved for this treat, knowing it would be one of few times she’d experience such opulence.
The baths were a microcosm of Roman society: wealthy senators lounged on...more>


