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Mike Psellos

Fmr Ghostwriter and Fanfic writer struggling to gain corporeal form. I also have a deviant art, but its terrible.
Spent too much time world building, I am looking for new ways to share stories that I come up with.
I have a passion for ancient and medieval history, so that is probably going to show up in some of my works.

My favorite authors are Robert Howard, Philip K Dick, and Lucian of Samosata

registered at: Sep 04, 2025

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Nov 01, 2025

The plot thickens with marik.

A Mythical Love Affair

Chapter:20

Nov 01, 2025

Queen of what i wonder

A Mythical Love Affair

Chapter:19

Oct 31, 2025

To:Paul Losonso

Thank you, Im glad the rituals didn't impede the story too much.

Pliniad: Roman Genius Will Unite This Godforsaken Realm

Chapter:37

Oct 31, 2025

To:Literate_Manul

Catgirl delanda est

Pliniad: Roman Genius Will Unite This Godforsaken Realm

Chapter:25

Oct 31, 2025

To:Paul Losonso

Good question, short answer is that Galle stayed a short time to help their newfound ally. Enough to get a basic Fort and town. Which now that the romans had additional help probably took a week or two.

Pliniad: Roman Genius Will Unite This Godforsaken Realm

Chapter:36

Oct 31, 2025

To:Literate_Manul

Ah you discovered my secret plot to make magic school bus for classicists.

Pliniad: Roman Genius Will Unite This Godforsaken Realm

Chapter:22

Oct 30, 2025

To:Literate_Manul

Its honestly a good question, and I don't have a good answer. He was Admiral of Misenium for years. Surely he had to have fought Pirates at some point right?

But most of his actual military expertise seems to be in Calvary Command.

Pliniad: Roman Genius Will Unite This Godforsaken Realm

Chapter:22

Oct 30, 2025

To:Literate_Manul

Volume II of this story is going to be Called "The Neriad War" and will focus on The Conflicts between The "Plinian Foederati" and The Mertribes. So there will definately be naval warfare. Just against Princess Arel and her Army of Skythians

Pliniad: Roman Genius Will Unite This Godforsaken Realm

Chapter:23

Oct 30, 2025

To:Paul Losonso

Im glad you agree the argument was necessary, I feel like most LN writers are afraid to talk about the important hot button issues of the first century AD. 😁,

Pompanianus was the greatest victim of "The Great Chapter Purge" as his entire backstory has been lost to the cutting room floor. But essentially Pompanianus is a Plebian Roman who was appointed Senator, and sees himself as part of the last of "Old Vanishing Rome." The full hellenization of The Roman Empire hadn't happened yet (Bearded Emperors writing in greek with greek generals), but it was starting. I dont have much to build on but Pliny never liked to visit rome, but Im assuming Pompanianus does. Plus Pompanianus lived in Stabiae. Stabiae was a town filled with massive Villas with farmsteads. This would be a good place for a Senator to pretend he was still a "Rusticus" like Varro, Cato, or Cincinnatus

In this case Pompanianus is echoing a lot of the sentiments of Juvenal's Satire III. Im sure there were plenty of Romans who could hold the thought that "Homer was a Great Poet" and "Zozimos is weird and Smells Bad" simultaneously.

But as far as respect for the Greek goes, remember that that an Anatolian Mother Goddess who required castrated priests got a temple on the Palatine before Apollo did.

Pliniad: Roman Genius Will Unite This Godforsaken Realm

Chapter:34

Oct 25, 2025

I enjoyed the erotic kaiju battle. And ina's retort about not understanding because no one tells her anything was great.

A Mythical Love Affair

Chapter:18

Oct 25, 2025

Good to see Mai is getting acclamated enough to reflect on her current state.

A Mythical Love Affair

Chapter:16

Oct 25, 2025

Cool action scene and i like the little detail of the fireball sucking the oxygen out of the room.

Hooves and Wine: Escaping With My Satyr Wife To Another World

Chapter:14

Oct 25, 2025

Nice little detail with the vines as a way to build tangunel's character.

Hooves and Wine: Escaping With My Satyr Wife To Another World

Chapter:13

Oct 22, 2025

To:Literate_Manul

Thank you for the negative feedback. I am taking note of all of it.
Its pretty clear that a lot of people don't think this chapter emotionally lands. So I have been thinking a lot on how to fix it, likely involving splitting this chapter into two and making the internal dialogue more clear.

Pliniad: Roman Genius Will Unite This Godforsaken Realm

Chapter:18

Oct 22, 2025

To:Literate_Manul

I made that up. I have very little info about Pompanianus, so he is essentially a historical fiction character.
What I have about him is:
-What Pliny the Younger writes about him.
-He was probably the adopted son of Senator Plotius Firmus former governor of Numidia, and was one of the last men to see Emperor Galba
-He was probably a commander with Pliny.
-Likely a Novi Homo adopted into the senatorial role.
-Likely a connection to Vespasian, but perhaps not as close as Pliny
-Being a senator likely visited Rome more than Pliny
-Lived in Stabiae, essentially the "Country Club" of Pompeii.
-Likely a patron of the arts or an appreciator of it given the ornateness of the villas
-Essentially ran a large household and his own farm with hundreds living on this estate.
-Very few "public" temples in Stabiae, but important Lariums.
-Died there during Pliny's failed rescue.

Pliniad: Roman Genius Will Unite This Godforsaken Realm

Chapter:17