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Art style: Rome. A dark, underground vaulted passageway with rough stone walls and damp floors reflecting flickering torchlight. High-contrast lighting creates a dramatic chiaroscuro effect. Several figures in armor are lunging forward with blades drawn. The mood is chaotic, violent, and desperate. The palette is dominated by deep blacks, fiery oranges, and the cold metallic silver of drawn swords. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ FINAL STYLE ENFORCEMENT (this is the authoritative rendering directive — it overrides any style wording elsewhere in the prompt): Render this image entirely in "Rome" style. Match the lighting grammar, material response, colour science, level of realism / stylisation, line weight, and shading model typical of "Rome". Keep the subject, composition, camera angle, lighting direction, and colour palette from the description above — but EVERY surface, skin, fabric, material, and environmental element must be rendered in the "Rome" idiom, not in any other medium. Character appearance reference (MUST match exactly): - Caligula: A young man in his late 20s with a pale complexion and short, dark curly hair. He has intense, wide eyes that suggest instability. He wears an opulent purple silk toga with gold embroidery and a laurel wreath made of real gold. His expression shifts between a charming smile and a terrifying, cold stare. He is lean and athletic but carries himself with an arrogant, erratic posture. The background is a sunlit Roman palace with marble columns. The style is a high-end historical drama with soft rim lighting and deep shadows in his eyes. - Praetorian Guard: A muscular man in his late 30s with a scarred, weathered face and a short beard. He wears polished segmented iron armor (lorica segmentata) over a red tunic, with a high-crested bronze helmet that casts a shadow over his eyes. He has a stern, disciplined expression that hides a deep sense of fear and resolve. He stands in a dark stone corridor. The lighting is high-contrast torchlight, emphasizing the metallic textures of his armor and the grit on his skin. The style is gritty and realistic.