Oh. One more thing. Last night, thinking about severus, thinking about the book I'm reading about slavery in Rome, I conceived of the plot of another book. This one a piece of fiction. Essentially a Master/slave romance. Y'know, it's just the same old story, a tale of love and glory, a case of do or die: Man meets boy, man gets boy, man loses boy, man puts boy permanently in chains to reduce the chances of that ever happening again. It's set in ancient Rome. It will take some research to do the writing, on such arcane topics as Roman religion; agriculture; the languages, religions, and people of Asia Minor in the First Century B.C.E.; and ancient metallurgy.

Didn't Oprah revive her book club? Maybe I could be an 'Oprah Recommends.'

The fundamental things apply, as time goes by.

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