The words used are way too indicative of something...
Castellum: 1. a small isolated fortress, or one of a series of such fortresses, of the ancient Romans. 2. a diminutive of castrum ("military camp"), often used as a watchtower or signal station.
Pegasus: 1. A winged horse fabled to have sprung from the neck of Medusa when she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring from Mount Helicon. 2. Pegasos' name means either **"of the spring" **from the Greek word pêgê, or "sprung forth" from the word pêgazô. The first alludes to the steed's connection with various springs, and the latter to its birth from the Gorgon's neck.
James "Achilles" (Greek myth, Greek hero, the son of Peleus and the sea goddess Thetis: in the Iliad the foremost of the Greek warriors at the siege of Troy. While he was a baby his mother plunged him into the river Styx making his body invulnerable except for the heel by which she held him. After slaying Hector, he was killed by Paris who wounded him in the heel) Alefantis is Greek Othodox.
Podestas (The chief magistrate in any of the republics of medieval Italy) are Roman Catholic.
Whhhaaaaat is going on here? Are we still under pseudo Mediterranean rule? These coincidences and homages are crazy.
I think it's also important to note that castellum has been used specifically to describe the watchtowers along Hadrian's Wall. The Roman emperor Hadrian is the one who took his boy-lover Antinous and formed a cult around him after his death. Alefantis used a bust of Antinous for his Instagram profile pic.
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throwitawayn0w ago
The words used are way too indicative of something...
Castellum: 1. a small isolated fortress, or one of a series of such fortresses, of the ancient Romans. 2. a diminutive of castrum ("military camp"), often used as a watchtower or signal station.
Pegasus: 1. A winged horse fabled to have sprung from the neck of Medusa when she was slain. He is noted for causing, with a blow of his hoof, Hippocrene, the inspiring fountain of the Muses, to spring from Mount Helicon. 2. Pegasos' name means either **"of the spring" **from the Greek word pêgê, or "sprung forth" from the word pêgazô. The first alludes to the steed's connection with various springs, and the latter to its birth from the Gorgon's neck.
James "Achilles" (Greek myth, Greek hero, the son of Peleus and the sea goddess Thetis: in the Iliad the foremost of the Greek warriors at the siege of Troy. While he was a baby his mother plunged him into the river Styx making his body invulnerable except for the heel by which she held him. After slaying Hector, he was killed by Paris who wounded him in the heel) Alefantis is Greek Othodox.
Podestas (The chief magistrate in any of the republics of medieval Italy) are Roman Catholic.
Whhhaaaaat is going on here? Are we still under pseudo Mediterranean rule? These coincidences and homages are crazy.
Waalchastazoor ago
I think it's also important to note that castellum has been used specifically to describe the watchtowers along Hadrian's Wall. The Roman emperor Hadrian is the one who took his boy-lover Antinous and formed a cult around him after his death. Alefantis used a bust of Antinous for his Instagram profile pic.
throwitawayn0w ago
Shhhhiiiiit, you're right,