Parnesius and Pertinax

Parnesius and Pertinax: A loving homage to the story of Parnesius and Pertinax in Puck of Pook’s Hill, by Rudyard Kipling. This was the book that made me realize that I am a Pagan.

Paio Pavonius sighed wistfully. The commander and his best friend were standing on the ramparts of the Wall again, looking out towards the debatable ground where the Picts hunted, and the wreckage of Roman wars lay scattered across the heather.

“Ain’t no good you getting your hopes up about Pertinax,” wh...