Talk:Cingerix/@comment-33214365-20181115210640/@comment-36277500-20190123203223

No. Vercingetorix was captured by Julius Caesar in Alesia, imprisoned for 5 years and sentenced to death by Caesar, in age 36. I doubt Cingerix was as much old in that time.

A little digression: We must remember that in ancient times lifespan was much shorter than today. There were children marriages, and 30 old people were often grandparents...

So I'm quite shocked that Arin had her debut yet 8 years after capturing and "two years of hiding in the forest" (so it's 10 years already! or the authors lost themselves a bit). Even if she was captured in her teens, she must have debuted in her 20's - according to ancient standard, she was already mature woman! If she was in her 30's, no man would want "such old" debutant...

Back to the topic: In the first chapter, if we choose option "I belong to Catauni", Arin says to Lena in front of Aquila that she is "the chief's daughter and future chief", so it might mean that she's oldest child. It's impossible for her little brother to be 30 years old.

Also, from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vercingetorix

Aside age: another ancestry, birthplace, social status etc. And Vercingetorix was clever, for the first.

It's just a coincidental similarity of names.

Cingerix is just fairly typical Gallic male name (the same case as Numidian Syphax or Roman Sabina). Most Gallic male names were traditionally ending -ix. One of France's department, Chamonix, also originates from Gallic language.

However, there were exceptions: quite many Gauls had Latin names ending -us, like: Sabinus, Brennus etc. So we have "Victus" (in Latin "defeated", what father, especially chief, gives such name to their son??? Loving father would call him "Victor"!)... Authors didn't do their homework...