The Narrative Continues To Broaden

Gallicenae, XV.

Whether sequentially or concurrently:

Dahut is trained in the Nymphaeum;

Rufinus visits Hivernia/Eriu;

Gratillonius revisits Aquilo and learns about events in the Empire, East and West.

Gratillonius has strengthened the Western Empire but also:

"'...strengthened Ys. The city that once lay veiled is today chiefest in Armorica, its brilliance and prosperity outshining any of the Western Empire. Nonetheless, it remains as alien, as un-Christian, as the seat of the Sassanian King.'" (3, p. 338)

That is strange because Ys will return behind its veil so that, in later centuries, it will be the subject-matter only of legend and fiction. At this stage of the Anderson's The King of Ys Tetrolgy, the narrative has broadened out as shown in this post and the process continues when Chapter XVI opens:

"Tiberius Metellus Carsa was of Cadurcic descent, but his family had long dwelt in Burdigala and mingled its blood with others that pulsed in the city." (1, p. 344)

How he bears on Ys, time will reveal.