Vocabulary
To provide money to pay a cost or expense
What is defray?
Often used for emphasis, humor, or irony. A term meaning extravagant exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
"I heard you whistle... and so I came."
Who is Cottia?
Esca begins as a slave but becomes Marcus’s most trusted companion.
What is loyalty?
Represents Roman honor, pride, and military identity
What is The Eagle?
A manner of speech or behavior that is abruptly, harshly, or rudely short and blunt.
What is brusque?
A brief reference to a literary or historical person or event with which the reader is assumed to be familiar.
What is allusion?
"One day, maybe, I will tell you the whole story."
Who is Marcus?
Marcus struggles with who he is once he can no longer serve as a soldier.
What is identity?
Represents the divide between civilization (Rome) and the “unknown” or “barbarian” world
What is Hadrian's Wall?
A charm, amulet, or totem
What is a talisman?
Refers to uncertainty or indefiniteness, not clearly one thing or another.
What is ambiguity?
"You are impossible! You grow more and more like your father every day!"
Who is Uncle Aquila?
Esca is legally a slave at first, yet he shows inner strength and dignity.
What is (true) freedom?
Represents the duty and discipline of Roman life
What is the sword?
A loud confusion of noise and clamor
What is tumult?
Refers to words used by an author to create pictures in the mind of the reader.
What is imagery?
"I was my father's charioteer. But that was a long time ago."
Who was Esca?
Marcus grows from a rigid Roman officer into someone more open-minded and compassionate.
Esca moves from resentment toward Romans to forming a deep bond with Marcus.
What is growth?
OR
What is transformation?
A token that effectively grants freedom and is evidence of deepening friendship and loyalty
What is the (green) ring?
A low, protective wall or railing extending above the edge of a rood, bridge, terrace, or balcony
What is a parapet?
The placing of two ideas or images side by side for contrasting effect or to startle the reader.
What is juxtaposition?
"From now on we must go behind one another."
Who was Guern?
Marcus is driven to recover the lost eagle of the Ninth Legion to restore his father’s reputation after the legion’s disappearance.
What is honor?
Represents the possibility of reconciliation between cultures (Roman and Briton)
Note: a living symbol
Who is Esca?