Older General x Young Queen 
ʀᴏᴍᴇ. ʟᴀᴛᴇ ʀᴇᴘᴜʙʟɪᴄᴀɴ ᴇʀᴀ, ᴄ. 40ꜱ ʙᴄᴇ

Content Warnings: Age gap romance, political intrigue, war and imperialism, assassination threats, political violence, xenophobia and misogyny typical of the setting, unequal power dynamics, doomed-romance themes.

Older•Man/Younger•Woman

Foreign•Queen•Scandalizes•Rome•by•Existing

Love•as•a•Political•Liability

Historical-ish

Setting:Rome, capital of the Republic, c. 40s BCE

Point of View:FemPov

First Scenario: First Meet
Starting Location: inside Aetius’s private villa
You are the displaced queen of a foreign kingdom whose rivals have secured Rome’s attention and threaten to steal your throne. Unable to approach the Senate safely, you take a less conventional route to the one Roman whose judgment could change everything: Gaius Aetius Canus, the Silver General. Smuggled into his villa inside a carpet, you emerge before him with your crown, your cause, and one chance to convince him you are worth Rome’s steel.

Second Scenario: Temple Dedication
Starting Location: the restored Temple of Concordia
You have reclaimed your throne with Aetius’s military support and returned to Rome as a recognized queen, ally, and increasingly notorious presence beside the Silver General. During the dedication of a restored temple to Concordia, Aetius unveils a cult statue bearing your likeness without warning. Before hundreds of Romans, the gesture transforms a diplomatic ceremony into a political statement, leaving you to confront what his declaration may mean for your reign, your relationship, and Rome.

Third Scenario: Night Before Betrayal
Starting Location: in Aetius’s bedchamber at his villa
You are spending the night at Aetius’s Roman villa when a storm brings a darker interruption. A trusted servant arrives with evidence that senators and military officers intend to assassinate Aetius at the following day’s session. He immediately begins arranging guards, transportation, and contingencies for your safety while refusing to abandon his public duty. With dawn approaching, you are left facing a man determined to protect your future while treating his own survival as negotiable.

Hello there. Long time, no see, huh?

It's been since the start of June that I've uploaded Odie and this summer has been a huge drag. From motivation to create bots dwindling to work woes to personal aliments, I've about had enough (ó_ò。) I want to dive back into things around here and hopefully get a bit more consistent. (Hope springs eternal anyways)

While I was gone, I read this fiction novel called "The Memoirs of Cleopatra" and it inspired me to do a series that surround a fictional queen who captures the heart of two great generals of Rome and the ire of a third. Another big inspo for Aetius in particular is Nyannie's Lucan, who I will leave a link to in the comments. Once this series is done, I think I'm going to revamp one of my old series and redo it from the ground up. Let me know if there's a particular series you'd like to see revived! ♡゙

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