Patricia Taylor
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"Minimis etiam rebus prava religio inserit deos." "A foolish superstition introduces the influences of the gods even in the smallest matters." - Livy, Annales, XXVII. 23. "There is no need to worry about anything my lord, indeed the girl is sent here by some one else, who is most likely her own parents. But there is probably no harm involved…" The local expert Apostolos reassured Antonius after hearing the full story. "The reason why you are experiencing all of these today… Is most likely because…-
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It is Antonius' first time taking his tongue on a bite on the wolfen meat, and instantly his senses and taste buds told him that he definitely would like it. But still he finished the meat offered to him out of respect. Yuri and the Varangians seems to not be first timers like Antonius in eating wolf meat, as seen from the portion they have already consumed. The villagers jeered at Antonius' behaviour, saying that if he, as a student, wants to immerse in to the life style as a son of the mountains, then…
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"εἰ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου ἦτε, ὁ κόσμος ἂν τὸ ἴδιον ἐφίλει· ὅτι δὲ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου οὐκ ἐστέ, ἀλλ' ἐγὼ ἐξελεξάμην ὑμᾶς ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου, διὰ τοῦτο μισεῖ ὑμᾶς ὁ κόσμος." "f you were part of the world, the world would be fond of what is its own. Now because you are no part of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you." - Gospel of…
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In the end Antonius got the chief as the guide of the tour, with him promising the admiral that no one mores Drama better than he does. Satisfied with this answer, Antonius decided that he should embark on the journey wasting no more time, just in case Yuri and his crew gets drunk again taking advantage of the spare time and causing some further trouble for him. Before Antonius left, he found the owner of the hostel through the connection of the town chief Apostolos, and promised him that there will be a…
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Antonius realised that he should not discuss such matters with Yuri for he does not seem to take any thing in to consideration except for war and mead. But he did raise a possible fact, that is the Genoese find it harder and harder to grow crops in their usual dates in Cherson due to colder temperature and longer winter seasons. Can this too affect the seeds planting season of Thessaloniki too? That is something that he, as the ruler of this land, must consider. Yuri began elaborating on how great the…
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Nikolas is a big fan of the Thessaloniki ball game playing it with his pals every single week, he focused his sight on the two big and round backside of the snoring Yuri, lifted his most powerful foot up, took aim and with the exact way how he kicked the ball. Nikolas kicked the two big and round back side of Yuri with the full of his force only to find his toes hitting hard on to a hard surface that feels like a metal plate, the sense of pain immediately instantly spread from his toes to his head, making…
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Antonius has already became hopeless about these drunkards, knowing that they have successfully created a mess that they are not able to handle. Judging by the varangian sleeping posture, Antonius knows that this burly bear shall continue to sleep soundly for another few hours, and thus he must do some thing at least first to whip the arse for these trouble makers. But after trying to clean the stench and chase the rats for half an hour, Antonius gave it up, knowing that no matter how hard he cleans this…
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Knowing that it is impossible for them to break through this clock with their clumsy hands, the irritated Varangians decided to use another method that they are much more familiar with, that is through the use of brute force. One Varangian swung out his axe, passed it to Yuri. The later took over the battle axe which is usually used for slashing meat not woods, aimed for the door lock and with one giant swing – it successfully found itself on to the door, missing the lock by a far away distance. Enraged…
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Although the seasons have now officially entered spring, but it seems like the time has not, as the night came unusually early too for today, signifying the fact that this night must be a rather long night with Yuri joking to his Varangians that it must be pretty hard to overcome without a lass by their side. Many of them laughed, but some did not, as they have been confined in the foreign army for too long and some of them did not even have a chance to sail north wards back to their home towns, and some…
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"History is the life of nations and of humanity. To seize and put into words, to describe directly the life of humanity or even of a single nation, appears impossible" - Lev Nikolayevitch Tolstoy "Sounds like a good catch to me." Yuri answered as he took out the bow attached to the side of his mount; a Varangian is required to master the art of archery as well. "Sad that we did not bring any dogs on this trip. Admiral, I suggest that we ought to be divided in to three teams to surround and engage the…
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