Thurvel Valerius is a roman legatus of the legio VII Etruria in Hispania, member of nobilis roman gens Valeria and nobilis etruscan gens Spurinna receives news from Rome.
His family wants that he spouses in order to make sure the descendancys.
They come listed the virtues and the riches of several roman patrician young women and one roman plebea young woman of the nobilitas gens plebea Cassia: Justina Cassia Maximus.
Thurvel remains particularly fascinated from the virtues of Justina and thinks to write soon to her a letter accompanied from a spanish gift.
Thurvel has never seen Justina but he has a great confidence in his family and a great consideration of her family. Thurvel has never married itself why he has always thought to his military and political career but perhaps it was time of an political alliance between the gens Valeria with the powerful gens Cassia. The clientes of gens Cassia will be useful in the future voting of the cumitia centuriata.