Fangirling

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We all know that MWT fangirls over Rosemary Sutcliff the way we fangirl over her, but even so... I just re-read _The Eagle of the Ninth_ and it's so crystal clear how it inspired MWT. The themes, plot structure, intercultural issues, ... anyway.

I also noticed some familiar names. (I'm terrible with names. I can literally read and love a book and not be able to tell you the characters names, so I'm sure this isn't news to anyone else who has read it.) But...

Centurion Quintus Hilarion = commander from whom Marcus takes over at Isca Dumnoniorum

Hilarion = one of Eugenides' attendants

Aulus = surgeon at Isca Dumnoniorum

Aulus = an Eddisian soldier & minor prince