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The gripping, unsparing tale of Amata, the first true Vestal Virgin of Rome, whose choices would shape the Vestal Order for centuries to come.
It is 716 BCE, over thirty years since the founding of Rome. The city’s war-like nature has made it the “tyrant of Latium,” and King Romulus’s hardened nature has caused the fledgling Vestal order to fall into disrepute. But as crisis strikes and an enigmatic newcomer named Numa arrives in the city, Romulus’s only living kinswoman, Amata, must rise to restore the dignity of the order.
AMATA is the riveting conclusion to The First Vestals of Rome, an epic trilogy about the founding Vestal Virgins of ancient Rome.
It is 716 BCE, over thirty years since the founding of Rome. The city’s war-like nature has made it the “tyrant of Latium,” and King Romulus’s hardened nature has caused the fledgling Vestal order to fall into disrepute. But as crisis strikes and an enigmatic newcomer named Numa arrives in the city, Romulus’s only living kinswoman, Amata, must rise to restore the dignity of the order.
AMATA is the riveting conclusion to The First Vestals of Rome, an epic trilogy about the founding Vestal Virgins of ancient Rome.
- GenresHistorical Fiction
208 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 11, 2022
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Debra May Macleod
17 books62 followersDebra May Macleod is an author of historical fiction and nonfiction focusing on the ancient Roman religion of Vesta and the Vestal Virgins. She is privileged to have been invited to participate in research excursions in the Forum Romanum, the Forum of Caesar and Imperial Fora, including places inaccessible to the general public, and informs her writing and work with this invaluable perspective. Debra has a Bachelor of Arts (English, Classics) as well as a law degree. She lives in Canada with her husband and son, visiting Italy often for research (and sun).
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June 21, 2022
If Rhea Silvia had nerves of steel, Amata's were made of titanium. For how else could she have stomached Romulus's gory ending (reader, if you are squeamish, you can skip the chapter) and viciously go after the perpetrators of his horrendous end. I love how Debra May Macleod keeps calling out the absurdity of the political propaganda that Romulus was the son of Mars and how he was eventually raised to heaven.
The last part of this trilogy provides a great introduction to the next series on the sacerdo Vestalis (The Vesta Shadows Trilogy) and the close collaboration between the Pontifex Maximus and the Virgo Vestalis Maxima against the political backdrop of Ancient Rome.
The last part of this trilogy provides a great introduction to the next series on the sacerdo Vestalis (The Vesta Shadows Trilogy) and the close collaboration between the Pontifex Maximus and the Virgo Vestalis Maxima against the political backdrop of Ancient Rome.
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