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From: ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>)
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In article <vj5hri$3qcv$1@dont-email.me>,
William Hyde  <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
>Christian Weisgerber wrote:
>> On 2024-12-08, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Agent of the Terran Empire  (Dominic Flandry, volume 1) by Poul Anderson
>>> https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/every-day-is-my-last
>> 
>> "Honorable Enemies" is very good and Aycharaych is a great character.
>> The German translation was titled "Viel Feind', viel Ehr'", which
>> as those who know bits of German will recognize retains the "honor"
>> and "enemy" parts, but means something else entirely: "Many foes,
>> much honor".  (The often quoted motto of Landsknecht leader Georg
>> von Frundsberg.)
>> 
>> I always thought that the background of the decaying Terran Empire
>> very transparently alluded to the fall of Rome, but I don't know
>> if there are more than general parallels.
>
>The name eludes me, but the first emperor Flandry works with is based on 
>Septimus Severus, the second Caracalla.
>
>William Hyde
>
>

I believe Flandry dianoses his empire as having gone into its Dominate phase,
which is a clear Roman reference on his part.

Also the story of the founding of the Empire, which I reviewed a few months
ago has the first emperor consciously modeling his creation on Rome.
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