Monday, September 2, 2019
The most interesting character in the Matyszak chapters is...
The most interesting character to me is Marcus Atilius Regulus. Although his mythical status may be more based in, well, myth, the story behind how these ideas came to be is very fascinating. I find it fascinating how he managed to be nearly undefeated throughout his entire career and yet is not held in quite the same light as other great Roman figures like Caesar. I also find it interesting how he was nearly invincible up until what is described as the worst naval disaster in Roman history. Seeing a person go from powerful and almost untouchable to being swept up in a major defeat and then quite literally rotting in prison is a bizarrely awe-inspiring tale.
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I agree, Atilius is a fascinating character. I think the only reason why he can't compete with Caesar is that we know relatively little about him, whereas in Caesar's case, we even have books written by his own hand, and lots of contemporaries talking about him, like Cicero in his letters and the poet Catullus.
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