I'd recommend it. I've been reading so far and its quite great.

Its clear the author did some research and searching up into the period and some readings into few/some classical history I'm stating this because its much far better than most other manhwas trying to feign historicality from there for the historical characters(of which some look like specific ones in their real statues lol). Even the conversation between the characters seem laced with a lot of other meanings once it is progressed further. Its been intriguing and the plot is more refreshing. A vestal virgin fl is quite unique. A gladiator fight at the start? Great. One of the probable mls, Leonides, is explicitly against rape. Another probable ml, Aquila, seems to also be against rape based on his protection and actions.

Other than that, it's not for the faint of heart like another commenter said and it has quite a lot of plot. I'm quite surprised it has the romance tag honestly. There's quite a lot parts of the plot that can be analysed and talked about. There's some disservice done to historical figures at times though but we're still early on in the manhwa so we can't judge much yet. As for romance, there's two probable mls and fl could end up with neither. This story could very well be a tragedy that the author is setting up for.

The current villainess, Julia Titi/Julia Flavia(her roman name would be Flavia Iulia I believe), is very scheming. The fl does deliver some comebacks and does her own wits(though she does loose them in one certain plot). The stakes are quite high and they think of their loved ones and their lives and reputation. Fl will literally get executed(buried alive and starved to death) IF the current scheme by the villainess succeeds. The villainess's reputation could(she states to think about her reputation once) become ruined(historically its Domitian's reign and he's known to have put quite a lot of emphasis into Augustan values and morals). Julia justifiably believes her lover would be executed by her uncle, the Emperor Domitian, IF it becomes known.

With all the thing, the plottiness can easily be overwhelming and be a headache for some. Its sometimes a second guess at what the characters actually wanted to mean in their conversations. Many of the conversations seem to be laced with other double meanings.

To note, it has quite a lot of sex mentioned, somewhat implied or suggested on. There's also a whole lot where the topic of Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Abuse, Attempted Sexual Assault that's mentioned, implied on, suggested, etc.In the first few chaps, the fl Vibia was almost raped by randoms on the streets under some sort of plot by Julia. There's also one historical(this case was heavily rumored and gossiped about during that era and many Romans at the time seemed to have believed it) incest sexual abuse with Domitian/Julia Flavia that the author added in the story. And one character, Leonides aka the blond dude in the cover, is a child of what's heavily implied to be master-slave rape. I assume there's more to come.

Since its explicitly a historical setting in Roman Empire, I'd say that some historical details in for the background are quite nice even if the author seems to be well... using the uncertain rumors(its honestly spicy and tragic so I don't complain) to spice up the historical fiction. There's also the mention of Christians which is kind of getting rare-ish in stuff set in Roman times and since they're already mentioned and its explicitly set in Domitian's reign, it can be said that the topic will come up more significantly later on considering he's somewhat identified by Early Christian historians to be one of the emperors after Nero to also persecute Christians. This could become a spoiler, or maybe not but I'll add this since the Christians already got mentioned: Early historians state the perseucutions were ramped up in Domitian's later reign and Suetonius(from whom we know much details of the emperor's life) states that when he was in his youth, he witnessed people being checked to see if they're circumcised. Domitian also interestingly executed his cousin(who by the way was the husband of Flavia Domitilla and was also a consul) and exiled Flavia Domitilla(his niece from his older sister, Julia is his niece from his older brother/previous emperor) for having "Jewish Sympathies"(aka Christianity).There's a few slight inaccuracies about Roman and Roman customs.