The myths of the Romans are stories not about the gods but about the Romans themselves. Writers such as Livy, Virgil and Ovid presented myths as if they were actual histories of the origins and early days of Rome.
Basing her analysis on detailed study of literacy and epigraphic material, Gardener explores the provisions of the Roman laws as they related to women. Discussed are the ways in which the laws affected women throughout their lives.
With her mother in a coma from an accident many years before, Julie was living on a farm in the middle of nowhere with her cousins and Uncle Larry who was frequently drunk and abusive. Fed up with his lecherous behaviour she moved in with her new boyfriend Daniel. But things took a turning for the worse when, riveted to the spot, she saw a black shadow near the barn. Was that another one? Were the nightmares plaguing her a sign that history was repeating itself? When she went into the barn to investigate, her knight in shining armour saved her life - this time - but not before the animal had torn her leg apart. When the black beast returned for a second time, intent on killing, it was Julie's turn to face the horror before her and fight for her life and those she loved. But would she come through this nightmare of darkness?
Die Anmerkung behandelt die römischen Mythen zur Stadtgründung Rom, insbesondere Aeneas, Romulus und Remus, und beleuchtet deren Rolle als Propagandainstrumente.