Roman Empire
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codex_aleraNow its obvious that Alera is based on the Roman Empire, and Jim Butcher publicly acknowledges Ancient Rome as his inspiration. But what of the actual references to Rome?
Just three good examples of references are:
Appia, most likely a reference to the Appian Way(a.k.a. "Via Appia"), an important rode in Ancient Rome.
Tiber: The majority of events of Cursor's Fury takes place at a bridge on the Tiber River.
Romanic Era: This is a direct reference to Rome. At one point Tavi explains the terms "Romanic" and "Romans" to Max. Romanic Era refers to an era in Aleran history when a people dubbed the Romans, lived and flourished, surprisingly without the aid of Furies
Just three good examples of references are:
Appia, most likely a reference to the Appian Way(a.k.a. "Via Appia"), an important rode in Ancient Rome.
Tiber: The majority of events of Cursor's Fury takes place at a bridge on the Tiber River.
Romanic Era: This is a direct reference to Rome. At one point Tavi explains the terms "Romanic" and "Romans" to Max. Romanic Era refers to an era in Aleran history when a people dubbed the Romans, lived and flourished, surprisingly without the aid of Furies
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Alera
Date: 2009-07-01 05:45 am (UTC)Re: Alera
Date: 2009-08-13 02:31 am (UTC)As for is "jimbutcher" the author, clicking on his name here, and going to his offical website and clicking on the link "blog" takes you to the same Live Journal blog page. So it seems like it's a good chance it is him.
Re: Alera
Date: 2009-11-10 02:39 am (UTC)