Claudius' ban

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Olisipo didn't permit his son Oty to marry Philianna due to the age difference. He preferred his son to have a younger bride of the same age or younger than His Son. Olisipo was also aware of her past with Pianna. He was suspicious that this ''was a plot of Pianna, to gain Olisipo's heritage, and that her ''lover'' was only a puppet in the scheme''. Philianna was not upset about it. She accepted the rejection as a redirection to something better. She said ''In the past I held unto whatever felt comfortable way to long.. not only with Pianna.. also with other people and with other stuff. I'm not doing that again. Now when the good has to go.. to make place for better.. I will give up the good for the better...''

''Not everything that you felt was good was good Philianna.. It felt good to you because it was the best you were aware off...'' an elder tells him ''I admire your willingness to receive better. More people should have that attitude. Continue on this path!''

Those words of validation meant a lot to Philianna. It cheered her up! She made a long walk through Jehuda town. She noticed that the town was quite Roman even though it was not on Roman dominated soil. She entered the palace of King Ludo, where Queen Anna used to reside together with her co-wives during Ludo and Parisius' reign. The palace was still in a good state. There were cleaners and servants who still maintained the place. She entered a room which was the room of Eveline, the mother of Olisipo, during her time as the slave of Queen Anna. The room still looked the same. Inside she noticed a small wardrobe. When she opened it, she saw a lot of drawings made by Eveline. Her mother, Queen Anna, told her about the close friendship she had with Eveline. She also met Eveline and Olispo often during her youth. When she was at the palace a young civilian reported to her that Pianna and some others arrived and wanted to see her.

Eight days later Verita was in Camelodunum, with a soldier named Jared (a Hebrew), at the civil court. There they made a ceremony, which afterwards the civil judge deemed them in a matrimony. Pianna and Parisius II were the witnesses of the wedding. The wedding gave Jared relief for 1 year from his military duties. At the same time, Olisipo -Eveline's son - commanded his son Oty to take over Jehuda town and the nearby Villages of the Nerigos people. This was done with a group of 300 armed men. The villages surrendered without a fight. They received grain and brass gifts in return for their loyalty to Oty, who now was crowned King Olisipo I. In total the area Oty conquered contained 22 villages which together had 20.000 people.. That added to the 12.310 people of Jehuda town. The conquering was finished within three days. Two days after the conquering, this was a week after the wedding of Jared with Verita, King Olisipo send an envoy to Camelodunum, of 22 men, with tribute for the Governor of Britain. Jared had not yet consummated his marriage, this because the marriage was only meant as a means to pacify the relations within the Jehudan noble house and for Jared to gain his land in Britain. Verita, now, remained at the capital of Britain, together with the others. Jared was searching for land together with other Roman citizens who were also looking for a new place to settle themselves. The apartment Verita stayed in was not that big, but large enough to be comfortable. The walls were also heated at night so that she was not hurt by the cold weather. Jared was plan the marriage was only a means, Verita accepted the offer with the hope to change his mind later on. She also agreed with the offer because she didn't want to end up alone. Jared was planning to annul the marriage after his land was purchased. He planned to pay Verita 300 Denarii as compensation.