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Page 17 of a comic strip I am working on that is set in ancient Rome and is about the early life of Gaius Julius Caesar.The slave in red closing the door in the background of panel 4 is Eutychus, the Caesar family’s steward.
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Pretty much his entire life was interesting, so that won't be any problem.
I thought the scenes in the book were so funny: the old king is hitting on Caesar at first, but Caesar turns him down. Luckily for the king, his daughter wasn't there!
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Eutychus, was that the old guy Caesar used as an excuse to vistit the king and queen of Bithynia? He saw them as his grandparents according to Colleen McCullough.
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Yes indeed, in McCullough's novel, Caesar returns to Rome after the Siege of Mytilene and, on his mother's suggestion, takes Eutychus with him on his next visit to Bithynia.
Historically, however, this would not be possible, as Sulla was still Dictator of Rome during that period and Caesar did not return to Rome until he knew Sulla was dead. In the novels, Caesar and Sulla seem to have a mutual respect, whereas historically they neither liked nor trusted each other, which is why Caesar didn't feel it safe to return home until Sulla was dead.
Yes, in the novels Caesar does see King Nicomedes and Queen Oradaltis as grandparents, which I absolutely love. The scenes in Bithynia were some of my favourite in the novels. I can imagine that Caesar may well have felt this way - it makes far more sense than if he and Nicomedes were lovers!!
I'm looking forward to drawing the Bithynia scenes in my comic...
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I loved those scenes aswell. I remember they had a little dog name Sulla, and queen Oralditis adored the little dog. Nicomedes didn't like it.
After the dog died, Caesar got them a new dog and they named it Lucullus because Lucullus freed Nisha (their daughter) from captivity. I hope you will be drawing Caesars time in Bithynia aswell.
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I have already written the Bithynia scenes and have even planned how I am going to draw them. Just need to work my way through the comic till Caesar reaches that point in his life!!
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