Common errors about Antiquity

[Theodosius the Great]

People tend to create composite characters by blending two people into a single man, such as :

Scipio Africanus and Scipio Aemilianus,
Julius Caesar and Augustus,
Caligula and Nero,
Constantine the Great and Theodosius the Great

All very different men whose combined deeds and misdeeds are often associated with a single man. Maybe this tendency to synthesize deserves it's own chapter in the book.

~Theo