A Caricature

 

Daily Dose

From Alaric the Goth: An Outsider's History of the Fall of Rome, by Douglas Boin

BOYS

"Boys who grew up around the Danube, though, suddenly had a role model."

From Chapter Two, The Trailblazer

Daily Dose

From Agrippina: The Most Extraordinary Woman of the Roman World, by Emma Southon

MINOR

"The baby , being swaddled by a nurse, was named after her mother and became Julia Agrippina Minor. The Romans never were very inventive with their names."

From Chapter One: Daughter