*SERIOUS SPOILERS FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T READ THE MAN FROM POMEGRANATE STREET*
so please don't read on if you haven't read it


















"'Bring in our newlyweds.'
without turning, blind Crispus beckoned.
Nubia and Aristo came into the room, hand in hand. Nubia wore a gold silk shift, Aristo a red-leather loincloth and red boots, but very little else. both wore eye-makeup.
Flavia stared in disbelief. 'Newlyweds?' she gasped.
'What do you mean?'

'I had them join hands in my little theatre an hour ago.' said Domitian. 'Two hundred men witnessed their marriage, as well as my wife, the empress Domitia. She was so pleased. She cried tears of happiness.
You see, Nubia here was Aristo's prize for vanquishing a fierce beast.' He giggled and then stopped, his face serious again. 'The newlyweds will die first,' he said, 'without even having shared a kiss, unless you name the person who killed my brother.'

yay!!!! Nubia/Aristo
though i have been rooting for flavia/flaccus for a long time, i've liked this pairing more, cuz Nubia made up her mind very early on, and stayed true to Aristo and trusted him [even when everyone else thought he was a murdetrer]
plus, it was hilarious with all the 'omg, but i thought you girls were both in love with flaccus!!!!1' comments

my first attempt at cell-shading, so i've probs got the shiny!hair wrong. aristo's in particular was such a pain.

done in Paint.net, which i really don't like but is better than mspaint. if i had a blur tool it would have been so much easier

anyways....

Characters and nice piece of italic writing(c)Caroline Lawrence
!Art(c) me

Thank You for the Roman Mysteries series and I can't wait for the Flavian Triliogy next year [translation: WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED TO POPO AND UNCLE GAIUS????]