An historical note (for those who are interested in suchlike): During Felix’s youth, there were three legions stationed in the city of Alexandria: the Third, the Twelfth, and (most likely) the Twenty-Secondat least one of which had been founded by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The commander of the Tenth Legion as Vespasian moved on to become emperor was a man named Marcus Ulpius Traianus. A minor bit of tinkering allows his son, who is commonly called Trajan, to serve briefly at Jerusalem in this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The governor of Judaea the men are referring to was a freedman of the household of the emperor Claudiusand Claudius was the son of Antonia the daughter of Marcus Antonius. So although he might have been more properly called Marcus[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Felix was born in 50ADCE if you preferand is turning twenty years old. I provide this detail for students of anicent history. Or, well, anyone with access to Wikipedia.
A soldier’s belt (cingulum) was usually meticulously decorated, occasionally with a fancy nameplate, sometimes with silver letters. One extant example has the name “Lucky”—in Latin, Felix.
This page is based on an example in Scott McCloud’s book Making Comics of what not to do—an example of a page that’s so chaotic the eye doesn’t know which direction action travels through the panels. So, I thought that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Actual civilian casualties probably mounted to the tens of thousands and far beyond. Whatever the excesses of the Romans war machine, evidence indicates Titus Jr. did not want such destruction and bloodshed. For one thing, it’s not a practical way[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Domitian is known to have written several bookson poetry, on law, and on baldnesswhich appear to have been relatively well received, even considering they were written by the Emperor’s son. A winning dice roll of 3 sixes was called the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ave, Caesar! By this time, the name “Caesar” had become a title, not necessarily referring to the Emperor himself, but to his heirsthe Princes who would have certain amounts of political and military power. When Vespasian defeated Vitellius to become[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A question has been asked in the Livejournal comments: Can an astrologer really give someone a prediction with only a couple of hours to prepare a chart? The answer is yes, if the astrologer prepares each day by examining the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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