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Blood has pooled here. Splatter in all directions. Someone fell from this tower.

The bandits work out of a cave below the Great Temple.

Letter to Felix

• Felix, <

>< >A recent attack of conscience on the part of your Gallic brothers has made them useless to me. I need instant and unquestioning compliance, and am not inclined to explain myself to hired hands.< >< >I won't be needing their help in the future. If you could supply suitable replacements we can resume our arrangement. Do me the honor of making certain the new hires are reliable.< >< >C.

Merchant felucca - “Amun’s Bounty”, carrying pelts and wine to Alexandria< >Merchant Ship - unmarked - docked south of Yebu - The Lotus?< >Merchant Felucca - “Pride of Sobek” - Grain, honey, wool

We are still friends are we not? So, believe me when I say this is not personal. We agreed to split the tombs and yet I find out your men have been seen scavenging in my territory? Perhaps the soldiers accompanying this letter can clear up any misunderstanding. < >Athames - Strategos of Yebu

This book of dreams, it was sent from the Gods! With it, I have given great comfort to my friends!< >Sasheck - Monkeys! He fed them, tended to them. Either very bad, or very good. It means change!< >Matheno - He saw himself drinking warm beer- extremely bad. It means suffering, although he is already mute and lost an arm, so…< >Dimimuse - He dreamed that his bed caught fire, this is bad; it means he will drive away his wife… first he needs to find one…< >Strangely, they were not very happy with what I saw< >Khrsanub

To Msamaki,

• We will cross the bridge around noon. Have the ambush ready for us.<

>Wamukota and Egidio will be with me. They know how to fight so be prepared.< >They are good men. Do not kill or maim them under any circumstances.< >Make sure Egidio sees you knocking me down. Then let him escape and he will tell Thanasis that I've been taken prisoner.< >Treat Wamukota well, but give him a light drug to keep him incapacitated until Cyrene's tournament is over. I need time to get away before Thanasis comes looking for me.< >You'll get the rest of the money at our meeting place. Have a cart and rations ready there.< >I'm counting on you.< > - Kosey

By the hoary hosts of Horus! I can't believe Claridas lost to Icarus again in the last big race. It cost me a fortune! Icarus better not be fit to race by the time the Cursus Magnus comes round. By Sol Indiges, I must make my money back!

On Battos I

• The Oracle at Delphi gave the people of Thera a prophecy that by Apollo's bidding must they make a new home in Libya. But the people did not follow her and not a drop of rain fell for seven years. The father of the Battiad Dynasty Aristoteles Battos I visit the Oracle again, “lead the Therans to the land where there is a hole within the sky. It is Zeus' garden. A place of great prosperity and bounty.” So did Battos I take his most trusted men to settle a new life in fair Cyrene.

Speak to Icarius

• The tax collector patrols around Sais.

Inscription on a Grave

• I, Wajmose, bravely died so that the women of Kerke might live.

Flowers

• Flowers, left for a patriarch who died heroically at the Kerke massacre.

A Prayer to Ptah

• Homage to you Ptah, O Lord of Radiance<

>You, Great Protector, who watched my husband and kept him safe when others fell< >Protect him always, Master Architect. In his exile, grant him happiness< >If it is your will, give him love that he might find joy< >Even without me, though I will always love him< >You see and know, Great One. You who restore life, restore him< >Homage and greatness to You

Statue of Ptah

• The women of Kerke worship Ptah, god of craftsmen and architects.

A Poetic Lament

• I watch the poppies, and sadness consumes me. They bloom in their time, then fade and die. The bees burn happily through their little lives, making sweetness before they go. Everything has a time, and a purpose. But where is mine?<

>There is no husband for me. All the men were killed or fled, and we are left with no future. There is no hope for marriage, for love, and for children.< >My time is passing, I feel it. My body will wither with the years and the loneliness. Soon I will be old, and empty, and bitter. Oh what a cruel fate!< >Ptah look upon me, and hear my prayer! Make my life fruitful! Bring me a husband. Don't let me fade like a poppy that never blooms!

Fuck Culture for All!

• Culture for all! What a fucking joke! They make everything Greek, and remove anything Egyptian. They replace our culture with their own and call it new. Culture for all means Greek culture, and only Greek culture. Well I see through their lies. Fuck Greece, and fuck their filthy culture.

Dedicated to the Darting King

• Here did the sunlit one, the beauteous, shining Apollo Karneios, the god of the ram, take the Great Huntress, the nymph's daughter Cyrene. And a spring burst forth from the consummation of their union.

Those who are about to die salute you

• Mars, Father of Great Romulus, war bringer, truce-maker. Grant those who fight in the Arena strength to defeat their foes or peace to accept their honorable fate.

Nike the Winged One

• O' Great goddess Nike. Victorious you tower above us signifying Cyrene's sovereignty, fought for and won against the Egyptians at the Battle of the Well of Thaetis.

Hekate, Hear my Prayer

• The journey was perilous, but we have arrived. The summit has become savage. At night, we heard wild dogs howling and one day a lion stalked us until Idas chased it away with a stick. But now we can really begin to honor our teacher. We need nothing but good company and lively discussion and if that runs out, we have a bladder of wine. Nothing can dull my excitement for we are the birth of something that will outlive us all. Your loving son, Phe'sho.

A job well done!

• Quintus Cloelius, you and your men deserve my highest praise. You have managed to cut down all of the trees within a heredium of the fort in the two days I hoped. This should be more than enough wood to finish the construction of both the walls. We might even be able to extend the officer's quarters! Now enjoy the two bladders of wine I left with the quartermaster. General Agrippa

Great God of the Shining Bow

• The people honor the shining one, son of Leto, brother of Artemis, bringer of the sun, Delos' fair Hunter, God of the Lyre, Apollo. It is for him that this city is founded. In his name, in his great and worthy shadow, in his grace, in his light.

Tabitha's Diary

• They treat me like I am nothing, infames. But they forget I have ears, eyes… and I hear everything. Every little plot they hatch, the dishonesty and betrayal they call intrigue. Just last week that greasy hog Leander said how much he skims off the top of the city's treasury for his sick parties. He and Flavius, they laughed as he boasted. Only Diocles cares for the people. He comes with his friend Simonides, but sits apart, drinks wine and talks with us. I wish I could make him forget his woes.

Hekate the Hidden One

• You who have power over the heavens, earth, and sea. Daughter of the Titan Perses. Protector of the wild places, goddess of the crossroads. Gatekeeper between the worlds. The son of Cronos honors you above all and shared his divine gifts with you. Grant us your protection and wisdom.

Quarry Worker Requests

• Captain. We do not ask for much, the work here is backbreaking and the corrupted dust that spews forth from the fissures in the earth scorches our throats and burns our eyes. Your men do not even give us a cup of beer when we ask. And the rations are pitiful, some do not even have the strength to lift their tools. We are not animals, we do your work and we deserve to be treated fairly. I cannot be responsible for the consequences if we are not heard. Seker.

Bridge Inscription

• This bridge is graciously given to the people of Kyrenaika by Proconsul Flavius. It will be built by Quintus Cloelius and his crew, the Invincible Ironsides. They are the greatest bridge builders in Rome.

On Road Construction

• Tiberius Martialis, I am sending you the fundamentals of road construction, so you and your men may follow them. First you dig the trench and then at the bottom you put a layer of larger stones. On top of that, place broken stones, pebbles, sand and cement to make a firm base. Finally, you must cut the paving stones so that they fit together tightly. I will come check the work when my Dioptra is recovered. Vitruvius.

On Polymestor, the Thracian Bear

• Kato, make sure you follow my orders to the letter. Nothing is too much trouble for my prizefighter, the Thracian Bear Polymestor. Whatever he wants as long as he keeps winning. His diet should mostly be barley and beans, and keep a good supply of that drink to heal his bones, vegetable ash, and vinegar. He hates it so you may have to force him to drink it! Oh, and before I forget, that rich housewife Domitia Paulina paid me 1,000 drachmae for an hour alone with our beast. She must have a good time.

Faunus' Gladiators from Hispania

• Lanista, here is the list you asked for. Faunus the Lanista at the amphitheater in Tarraco, Hispania has the following Gladiators for sale. Albiorix the Gaul, he's a heavyweight and fights in the Gaulish style. A retarius who fights with the trident and net, he has been wounded many times though, there can't be much life left in him. Tarbus the Thraex, the crowd love to watch him fight in his griffin head helmet. He is quite the draw, but I believe you already have a Thracian champion? Hesiod.

Ptah has spoken – All capable shipbuilders and craftsmen must toil night and day until his ships fill the horizon with their sails! Leave no tree standing until his royal fleet is mighty. Let his navy go forth and keep safe the waters of Egypt along the Nile and the Delta!

Let it be written that this temple shall henceforth be a vessel for all worldly possessions belonging to the noble houses of Egypt. May these walls keep safe everything that they hold most dear.

NIMLOT

ANTIOCHUS

LOUKIANOS

USET

ISFET

TOTHOES

DIOSKURIDES

CASSANDER

SOSIGENES

CHARMION

I have decided, today will be a good day< >I will pray for wine and happiness< >Rejoice in the sunlight and the flowers of our gods< >Rejoice! Rejoice! Rejoice!

After the events at Siwa, the Staff of Alexander was placed into the eager hands of Julius Caesar. But with Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus dead and Caesar's growing influence and power wining hearts and minds, those less enamored of the dictator took action. With the Liberatores Cassius and Brutus, Aya came to Rome and the newly formed Creed had its first target. On the Ides of March, Aya assassinated Caesar in the Senate, little knowing an Empire would arise from his ashes.

East of the oasis I call home, there is a cave, accessible only by a nearby fork in the road. It is a small hollow within the cliffside, not easily found. Inside I discovered a relic of great power.< >< >There is something about the cave itself. A feeling, a knowing. The place tugs at my soul.< >< >One day, I will return.

Silphium Warning

• The people of Rome own the silphium. Thieves will be executed.

The Libyan Greeks named this sea the Mesogeios Thalassa, now under Roman influence.

Wadj-wer the Great Green is a god of fertility, associated with lakes and seas.

The mostly dense region of Libya around Cyrene and Apollonia, filled with Silphion plants and owned by Rome.

This mountain plateau is the most fertile of Libya, colonised by the Greeks and taken over by the Romans.

The Marmarica region is the easternmost of Libya and its Roman rule.

The Paraitonion delimits Libya with the Egyptian Kingdom and is named after a slack bowstring shot.

Alexandria is the capital region of the Ptolemaios rulers and is named after Alexander the Great, its founder.

Kanopos is named after the town that borders the Canopic branch of the Nile.

The Mareotis Lake is the largest in the Egyptian kingdom and is essential for naval transport.

This Delta Nome holds Thonis-Herakleion, the town named in honor of Herakles.

Sap-Meh is the fifth Nome of Lower Egypt and the ancient region of the Psamtik pharaohs.

Ka-Khem is the Black Bull Nome of Lower Egypt.

Im-Khent is the Prince of the South Nome of Lower Egypt.

Sapi-Res is the Southern shield of Lower Egypt.  It encompasses Sais, the former Saite capital.

Khensu is the Cow's Thigh, just south of Letopolis, the ancient Khem.

Iment is the Western Nome, because of its situation regarding Yamu and the Lake.

Remote and rocky, the Isolated Desert is the extension of the desert mountains.

The vast necropolis of the Old Kingdom pharaohs totally embodies this desert plateau.

Qattara is the lowest point in Egypt.  Dried out lakes, ledges and few oases characterize it.

Siwa holds the legendary Oracle of Amun, situated in an oasis at the far West of Egypt.

This region is called Libue after the tribes that use to live around it.  It borders Libya.

Stretching south of Siwa, the Great Sand Sea undulates endlessly.

Dolerite volcanic hills give the name to the dramatic Black Desert.

Spectacular boulders of chalk rocks define the white desert and hint at its past as a sea.

This white desert oasis and its waterfall are an underground overflow of the nearby Faiyum.

Egyptians call it Faiyum, meaning the lake.  The Greeks call it Moiris.

The Faiyum Oasis boasts life around Krokodilopolis by the grace of its canals.

Haueris holds the tomb and labyrinth of pharaoh Amenemhat III, next to the canal.

Atef-Pehu is the Northern Sycamore Nome, bordering the Old Capital and the Faiyum.

Memphis is the site of the Old Egyptian Capital, from where pharaohs are crowned.

The Saqarra Nome holds the very most ancient pyramids and is the necropolis of Memphis.

Ineb-Hedjet is the White Walls Nome, referring to the splendor of its neighbour, Memphis.

Uab is the Nome of the Two Sceptres, leading south to Upper Egypt.

Egyptians recognize the desert by its name of Desheret, for it is as remote as can be.