VN Ren'Py New Antioch [R0.6] [TheRedMyst]

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Das_Peanut

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Well, akshually, the word has multiple meanings. It's both the male name Aquila (masculine nominative) and eagle or legion standard (both feminine nominative, the latter by metonymic expansion – the banners were topped with eagle statues).

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Here's the thing, though: Roman women did not normally bear any individualizing first names ('cognomia') and most women during the Republic had only their father's gentile name (a surname of sorts) in the feminine form (which, for Aquila, is also Aquila – though occasionally Aquilaria in the genitive).

Also: a) the game is not set in ancient Rome; b) modernly, Aquila has, in some places, been used as a female name (things and languages change); and c) Aquila is just a badass name. So, all in all, thumbs up. Also, I should be working.

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The only famous (Ancient) Roman using Aquila I've heard of was Marcus Flavius Aquila but his actual name was just Marcus Flavius. Aquila was added to the end as an honorary since he was the one who recovered the lost standard of the 9th Legion. Thus, he became known as Marcus Flavious "The Eagle". I couldn't find an instance of someone named Aquila before him. After him you can find Aquila used as both given name and surname so, he might have been the first. That's just from a bit of google research so, far from a scholarly opinion.
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Aquila was both a cognomen (v.g., Aquila Romanus, grammarian) and a gentile name (v.g., Pontius Aquila, tribune).
 
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Maviarab

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Sooo....just me then who has been imagining HP as a Bond villainess all evening?

HP: Good evening Mr.....
Bond: Bond....James Bond.
HP: Ahhh the elusive Mr. Bond, I've been looking forward to meeting you...
Bond: And you must be...
HO: Horny...
Bond: ...I bet you are....
HP: ...Pussy...
Bond: Chokes on his drink
 
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S1nsational

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Does the realism or not of the name really matter? They're all playing pretend to be from an empire that was ancient even before the apocalypse they're living in the post-apocalypse of.

It's like poking holes in Caesar's Legion in Fallout: New Vegas.


edited to change it to the correct fallout game
 
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Maviarab said:
Sooo....just me then who has been imagining HP as a Bond villainess all evening?

HP: Good evening Mr.....
Bond: Bond....James Bond.
HP: Ahhh the elusive Mr. Bond, I've been looking forward to meeting you...
Bond: And you must be...
HO: Horny...
Bond: ...I bet you are....
HP: ...Pussy...
Bond: Chokes on his drink
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I LOVE IT! :ROFLMAO:


I'd debate the villain"ess" part of it but eh, I'll take it :)
 
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Reniere

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My only problem with MC is so small that makes the small pepe people of this world into big dick energy.
My problem is MC's haircut lol went from Hold my dick to My lady, ass haircut lol could at least left it semi short long
but went full comb over.
Hair matched the MC's face with scar better but comb over with scar isnt it. but like i said small
Still enjoyed the game
 
Maviarab

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Reniere said:
My only problem with MC is so small that makes the small pepe people of this world into big dick energy.
My problem is MC's haircut lol went from Hold my dick to My lady, ass haircut lol could at least left it semi short long
but went full comb over.
Hair matched the MC's face with scar better but comb over with scar isnt it. but like i said small
Still enjoyed the game
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Skep-tiker

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motseer said:
You are correct. The "eagle" or Aquila became a sort of slang for the Roman Legion battle standard. Instead of calling it "the battle standard" they called it "the eagle". Of course, as you point out, it was also the word for a bird species. As far as name gender goes, I'm not sure how much that applies in modern days but, again, you are correct in that many languages have a feminine and masculine version for words and names. English, however, does not.
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the eagle was later replaced by the draco.
This is an intersting tidbit regarding folkloristic tales.

We start with Arminius. Arminius was a son of the Cheruscan prince Sigimer/Segimer, and he was taken to Rome as a hostage as a child and educated there. Among the Germanic tribes, a part of the name is passed on to the descendants. While Armenius is a name given in Rome, his birth name is not certain, but there are hints that his name was Sigifrid/fred, which leads us to Siegfried the dragon slayer. As mentioned earlier, the Romans switched to Draco in the period when these stories were told, and Armenius, who destroyed three Roman legions at the Varus Battle, may therefore have been rewritten into the slayer of a three-headed dragon.

I'd love to see stuff like that integrated in New Antioch.
 
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