Instead, this lady condemned for being unfaithful to her husband, Senator Plinius, begged so miserably for her life that Caesar immediately ordered her death.
Cleopatra's sister, Arsinoe, once taken prisoner, was sent to Rome to die in the arena.
But she was a skilled warrior and easily dispatched her opponents, angering Marcus Aurelius.
Livia kneels before her victor. With her hands behind her back, she exposes her throat in a gesture of total submission to the dominant male. Maximus, standing proudly, looks at her with contempt. His spatha pointing at her throat. While the Emperor decides whether she lives or dies, Livia hears the crowd's clamor for her life to be spared.
Now, the silence.
And the male plunges his sword into her throat
She knows she can't defeat him. He is so much powerfull and skillfull; she is just a slave condemned to die in the arena.
Asking her to surrender, he promises her a painless death.
The young nubian accepts her destiny, throws her sword, and falls to her knees in front of him. She submissively offers him her throat, waiting for a quick death.
Moments later, betraying his word, the ruthless male begins to slowly saw at her neck with the worn edge of his knife...
After Sabina, sister of Emperor Nero's wife, refused to submit to his lustful desires, he decided to wash away that affront by throwing her into the arena of the coliseum, to be devoured by the beasts.
Once in the arena , she threw herself into the arms of her own slave, sent with her to die aswell. He had always been faithful to her,. She begged him to save her.
He held her to his chest, comforting her. Sabina had always treated him with compassion, interceding on his behalf when his evil sister humiliated him.
Looking tenderly into her eyes, he buried his sword in her belly.
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