Beware of the Snake

Summary:46 BC: Around the time of the Martialis harvest festival. The Marsians, who live in Marruvium, east of Rome, are clients of Julius Caesar. When their sacred snake, consecrated to the goddess Angitia, is kidnapped, possibly to Rome, Decius Caecilius the Younger is asked to find it. (Originally published in ' Down these Strange Streets ' edited by [author:George R.R. Martin.)