10-05-2011, 05:15 AM
Thank you all for your kind comments and suggestions. 
I am going to tally the list. There is a huge amount of information for me to go through. It was a good idea to post here; I have soooooo many ideas now!!
Sardaukar – Crastinus sounds like an interesting subject. I would love to do a centurion. There have been a few centurions suggested. Thanks you, I will read your wiki link!
Jeffery Wyss- Thanks for your input. I am a “Republic” fan, but I would love to learn more. I will look them up.
Hadrianus Afer- I am not very familiar with Julian. I read quite a bit. Can you tell me the name of Vidal’s novel? Thanks!
John Maddox Roberts- Perhaps, Caius Cassius Longinus, could be a tragic sculpture. Similar to Drusus, Gaius and Tiberius Gracchus, and Germanicus; each of them were brave/noble but were brought down in different ways by the political brutality of times that they lived in. Thanks!
PhilusEstilius- I like Vespasian too! I like that he was a soldier’s-soldier and that he tore down Nero’s pleasure palace to make public spaces. Thanks!
Mithras-I understand your point, but I don’t agree with it. I try not judge an ancient civilization by standards of the 21st century. After all, 21st century standards aren’t so great either: war for profit, political strife and assassinations, class warfare, starving disenfranchised laborers. But there were men and women that aspired to be better, just as we have today.
Rick-Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus-That is a great story, maybe depict him leaving in uniform leaving the plow behind, Thanks! Emperor Claudius; he would be harder; I’m not sure how to tell his story in a sculpture.
Q Rutilius-Q Sertorius; the white deer is a very compelling element. Thanks!
I will try to come up with a tally. Yay! :-D
I am going to tally the list. There is a huge amount of information for me to go through. It was a good idea to post here; I have soooooo many ideas now!!Sardaukar – Crastinus sounds like an interesting subject. I would love to do a centurion. There have been a few centurions suggested. Thanks you, I will read your wiki link!
Jeffery Wyss- Thanks for your input. I am a “Republic” fan, but I would love to learn more. I will look them up.
Hadrianus Afer- I am not very familiar with Julian. I read quite a bit. Can you tell me the name of Vidal’s novel? Thanks!
John Maddox Roberts- Perhaps, Caius Cassius Longinus, could be a tragic sculpture. Similar to Drusus, Gaius and Tiberius Gracchus, and Germanicus; each of them were brave/noble but were brought down in different ways by the political brutality of times that they lived in. Thanks!
PhilusEstilius- I like Vespasian too! I like that he was a soldier’s-soldier and that he tore down Nero’s pleasure palace to make public spaces. Thanks!
Mithras-I understand your point, but I don’t agree with it. I try not judge an ancient civilization by standards of the 21st century. After all, 21st century standards aren’t so great either: war for profit, political strife and assassinations, class warfare, starving disenfranchised laborers. But there were men and women that aspired to be better, just as we have today.
Rick-Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus-That is a great story, maybe depict him leaving in uniform leaving the plow behind, Thanks! Emperor Claudius; he would be harder; I’m not sure how to tell his story in a sculpture.
Q Rutilius-Q Sertorius; the white deer is a very compelling element. Thanks!
I will try to come up with a tally. Yay! :-D
