Vigil Corps – Crescent Blood The slums of Subura always smelled of smoke, piss, and desperation. But tonight, a darker stench clung to the alleys, blood. Centurion Marinus Gabinus of the Vigiles crouched over the body of the s…

Crescent Blood

The slums of Subura always smelled of smoke, piss, and desperation. But tonight, a darker stench clung to the alleys, blood.

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Vigil Corps – The Lost Eagle The rumour spread faster than spilled wine on a tavern floor: an eagle standard had been stolen. Not from some provincial garrison lost in the German woods, but from a camp just outside Rome’s wall…

The Lost Eagle

The rumour spread faster than spilled wine on a tavern floor: an eagle standard had been stolen.

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Vigil Corps – The Hidden Chamber The body stank of lime and blood.Marinus Gabinus squatted low over the pit, brushing the dirt from Vitruvius’ ruined face with the back of his hand. His leather cuirass creaked as he leaned in, nos…

The Hidden Chamber

Marinus Gabinus squatted low over the pit, brushing the dirt from Vitruvius’ ruined face with the back of his hand.

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FLOOR MOSAIC, C. 207 CE. AUGUSTEUM IN THE BARRACKS OF THE VIGILES, OSTIA ANTICA Ostia had a huge barracks for the vigiles, a combination of police and firefighters. It occupied a whole city block next to the theatre and was built under Trajan, like so much of Ostia. Its focal point was an axially-central shrine to the imperial cult, but under Septimius Severus this was redeveloped in high style, being given an entrance hall with a mosaic, of which this photo shows part. Here we can see the black and white mosaic pavement with a rather splendid bull being made to lower its head to the ground as the bare-chested victimarius or sacrificer is holding a slender axe. Behind the bull is the priest, raising his arms, a wand in one hand. This is just the central part of the mosaic: there are two other bulls, at left a dead one and at right a live one, each with his victimarius, and two musicians by the mostly missing altar, all offscreen.

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