Comments on: Giveaway: The Poison King. Plus Announcing Previous Giveaway Winners

By: Paul Mathers

Paul Mathers — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:51:28 +0000

Pseudolus. Either from Plautus or Sondheim.

By: Ann

Ann — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:43:44 +0000

My favourite Roman (fictional, but that did not matter much when I was young) character must definitely be ‘Alex’.

I admit, Alex isn’t a Roman name, but… at 53BC he was a Gaul slave to the Romans, captured by the Parthians after the Romans fled. Then he earns his freedom, and eventually – after many adventures – is adopted as the son of a Roman general. His entire life he’ll be an enemy of Pompey and a friend to Julius Caesar.

He travels the entire Roman world, together with his friend Enak, an Egyptian orphan.

There adventures were the first thing that got me interested in ‘classical history’ when I was 12. (It helps that he was a pretty cute blond guy! )

More info on the duo on wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Alix

By: Editor

Editor — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:09:29 +0000

For all of the Ancient Rome fans, here are a few more W&M tidbits to marvel at:

http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2009/08/what-the-romans-used-for-toilet-paper.html

http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2009/09/postcards-from-ancient-rome.html

By: Gian Trotta

Gian Trotta — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:06:39 +0000

My favorite Roman was the Emperor Vespasian, who from humble stock (Volsciian farmers) reached the pinnacle of success without becoming debased or deranged. And by taxing urinals, he saved the French the trouble of having to think of a name for their porto-sans.