ART: Verbum sat sapienti / Libertas parta
This is the result of my roommate listening to audiobooks of "The Gates of Rome" at full blast on his boombox.
ETA: The wonderful and amazing Riventhorn has written fic inspired by the art! GO READ!!
Title: Verbum sat sapienti
Pairing/Characters: Arthur and Merlin
Rating: G
Warnings: N/A
Notes: Centurion!Arthur and Gladiator!Merlin. Sort of an odd combo, but I think it works. Lots of research into centurion armour, wow! and the plumes!!!! Over at the art-fest post there were comments about Arthur's stick, which is actually a "vitis" - a symbol of a centurion's authority and the implement with which they would mete out punishment. Sort of like a modern-day drill cane.
Thanks to Altocello and Alby_Mangroves for the beta!!
Summary:It was a remarkable tale. Emrys Ambrosius, sentenced to the arena as damnati ad gladium, miraculously defeated three would-be dispatchers. After the pollice verso, he was made a proper gladiator and has been the crowd's (and the god's) favourite ever since.
But this?! What started off simply as wish of good luck from one warrior to another ended up in a philosophical debate. And, mehercule, it was inconceivable that Artorius Caputo Draccus, son of the Caesar and as such, Imperator Destinatus, Legatus legionis, Primi Ordines of the Legio quarta, Centurio of the Legio quinta, had just lost a battle of wits to this fatuus!
Title: Libertas parta
Pairing/Characters: Arthur andMerlin
Rating: G
Warnings: N/A
Notes: Sequel to "Verbum sat sapienti" in which Artorius is now caesar and presents Emrys with a wooden rudis - a symbol of his freedom
Thanks to Altocello and Alby_Mangroves for the beta!!
Summary: “Servus sum, Caesar” "Not anymore, my dear friend" - And then Emrys is freed from his life of gladiating and they go back to Artorius' room and shag. THE END! See? I can write fic!
Now On TUMBLR!
ETA: The wonderful and amazing Riventhorn has written fic inspired by the art! GO READ!!
Title: Verbum sat sapienti
Pairing/Characters: Arthur and Merlin
Rating: G
Warnings: N/A
Notes: Centurion!Arthur and Gladiator!Merlin. Sort of an odd combo, but I think it works. Lots of research into centurion armour, wow! and the plumes!!!! Over at the art-fest post there were comments about Arthur's stick, which is actually a "vitis" - a symbol of a centurion's authority and the implement with which they would mete out punishment. Sort of like a modern-day drill cane.
Thanks to Altocello and Alby_Mangroves for the beta!!
Summary:It was a remarkable tale. Emrys Ambrosius, sentenced to the arena as damnati ad gladium, miraculously defeated three would-be dispatchers. After the pollice verso, he was made a proper gladiator and has been the crowd's (and the god's) favourite ever since.
But this?! What started off simply as wish of good luck from one warrior to another ended up in a philosophical debate. And, mehercule, it was inconceivable that Artorius Caputo Draccus, son of the Caesar and as such, Imperator Destinatus, Legatus legionis, Primi Ordines of the Legio quarta, Centurio of the Legio quinta, had just lost a battle of wits to this fatuus!
Title: Libertas parta
Pairing/Characters: Arthur andMerlin
Rating: G
Warnings: N/A
Notes: Sequel to "Verbum sat sapienti" in which Artorius is now caesar and presents Emrys with a wooden rudis - a symbol of his freedom
Thanks to Altocello and Alby_Mangroves for the beta!!
Summary: “Servus sum, Caesar” "Not anymore, my dear friend" - And then Emrys is freed from his life of gladiating and they go back to Artorius' room and shag. THE END! See? I can write fic!
Now On TUMBLR!