Historical detail is important. Great post on Black Gate.
Syria AD256 City of Dura Europos
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Author: Davide Mana
Paleontologist. By day, researcher, teacher and ecological statistics guru. By night, pulp fantasy author-publisher, translator and blogger. In the spare time, Orientalist Anonymous, guerilla cook.
Karavansara 
18 January 2014 at 20:24
My first (and only) Roman History exam was centered around Dura Europos. Knowing I came from the beux arts course, the teacher gave me a more artistic subject to prepare for our chit-chat. “The Discovery of Dura Europos” was a nice reading, and some of the people in it remind me of the kind of characters you wrote about in the first Avventurieri 🙂
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20 January 2014 at 13:07
Glad you liked it! I think the details make the people real… which is not always a comfortable thing.
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20 January 2014 at 13:24
And on the other hand, if we do not make them real, why bother writing about them? 😉
And as I am at it, thanks for the great posts on Black Gate!
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