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In 103 AD, Pliny recorded that Fannia had "contracted this illness." She had been nursing a relative (Junia) from an unnamed "serious illness" and, since Junia was a Vestal Virgin, she had been obliged to leave Vesta's hearth and go into the care of a matron. Whilst taking care of her, Fannia herself fell ill, and is described by Pliny thus: "She has constant fever and a cough that is getting worse; she is emaciated and generally in decline. Only her spirit is vigorous, worthy of her husband."[2] Though Pliny the Younger was regularly prone to exaggeration,[citation needed] his repeated expressions of worry suggest that the illness was one from which Fannia did not recover.