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84 AD Part V- Agricola did not bother to petition Domitian for an audience or even request formal permission to lead the army, he simply marched with his men into the camp of the new general and informed him that he was no longer in command. The former commander, a colleague of the late Fuscus...

84 AD Part IV- The festival of Armilustrium would not bear witness to the political stunts of a man drunk with power as it had the previous year. No tales would be sung of the glorious victories of the Legion, nor exaggerated blessings and well wishes from the Emperor. The festival would...

84AD Part III- King Diurpaneus was a strong and competent king with a strong, wealthy nation. Dacia, culturally a member of the Thracian tribes, was militaristic, structured around the warrior, with many soldiers shunning armor of any kind, even shields. What prevented the wholesale slaughter of...

84 AD Part III- King Diurpaneus was a strong and competent king with a strong, wealthy nation. Dacia, culturally a member of the Thracian tribes, was militaristic, structured around the warrior, with many soldiers shunning armor of any kind, even shields. What prevented the wholesale slaughter...

84 AD Part II- "Steam driven war elephants?!" Polonius let the parchment fall from his eyes and dropped it onto the dusty floors of his workshop in Alexandria. Cassisus had recently demonstrated a type of valve and piston arrangement that would make the steam engines more efficient but they...

83 AD, October- The festival of Armilustrium traditionally marked the end of the campaigning season, a time to remember the conflicts from the past year and ceremonially suspend conflict until the year to come. The army, or at least a very small portion of it, would assemble in the Circus...

83 AD Part II- The Emperor Domitian was generally known to be an unpleasant person. For a man who prided himself on the ruthless enforcement of law, he was remarkably rude, arrogant, insolent and prideful; refusing to acknowledge a visitor unless addressed as 'master and god' Were he not the...

81 AD- The new year dawned and passed quietly in Alexandria, save the typical celebrations inherent to that time and location. In years past, Polonius was quick to take part in the festivities but, so recent was his chastisement, chose to remain on campus instead. Not four months passed before...

79 AD Part II- With July drawing to a close, Polonius and The Heron III, steamed into Herculanium, a short distance from Naples. There they were met by one of Hipparchus' colleagues, a man by the name of Caiaphas, who had been instructed to attend to their needs. Although The Heron III never...

77 AD- Before an engine strong enough to propel his small craft could be constructed, Polonius first had to know how much pressure the cauldron could handle before rupturing. For this he formulated a simple method for measuring pressure and used it to calibrate a simple piston gauge that was...

70 AD- Polonius finds that while attaching Heron's engine to a pump or to an Archimedes Screw to move water was relatively easy, maintaining extended operation, as would be required for the amount of water being moved, was more difficult. After constant operation the pistons fail and the engine...

55 AD- Emperor Nero is presented with an Aeophile, a small steam driven toy invented by the Greek philosopher Heron. Intrigued, Nero asks Heron (who resides in Egypt), what else the tiny toy can do. 56 AD- Heron presents a series of tiny models demonstrating various uses for steam power...

Abandonming this, I just can't continue it for some reason. Writers block is hitting hard, so, by....

Sebastian Cassian, Latin Teacher at Ruby Agnes High School and Historian in Virginia, was quite bored today, it was a weekend and his fridge was almost empty, he would have to go get some Rice from Walmart. He started his car up and started to drive, he got a little bored on his way there so he...

I think i'll go on Hiatus, I'm intending to extend the story to either 476 C.E or 1453 C.E, buy I fear by that time the world will be completely unrecognizable, so for now, I'll go work on something new.