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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 4126282, member: 110350&quot;]I enjoyed the references to Ballista, who happens to be the protagonist of the excellent <i>Warrior of Rome</i> series of novels by Harry Sidebottom (an Oxford professor of History) set in the 3rd century during the reigns of Maximinus I Thrax to Gallienus. He imagines Ballista as a Romanized Scandinavian sent to Rome as a hostage in his youth, who -- naturally! -- witnesses almost every important historical event during the period, from the assassination of Maximinus through the capture of Valerian I.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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