Years ago, whswhs ran a role-playing game set in Roman Burdigala. In his preparatory research, he ran across one Gaius Cassius Vindex, "the Vindicator", which of course got pronounced Windex to much hilarity. Player characters included:
the Equitai Gaius Cassius Scipio (Sir John Fall Staff) Correus Cordialis (Corey Hart) Viridovix Saggitus (Green Archer)
...as well as a priestess of Dionysus named Vertica Thyrsopher (cue the Horizonta jokes) and a pair of Mithraist lawyers named Tauricus and Scipio who founded a Mithraeum. After the campaign, a real Mithraeum was discovered in the region with images of Taurus and Scorpio in it...
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the Equitai Gaius Cassius Scipio (Sir John Fall Staff)
Correus Cordialis (Corey Hart)
Viridovix Saggitus (Green Archer)
...as well as a priestess of Dionysus named Vertica Thyrsopher (cue the Horizonta jokes) and a pair of Mithraist lawyers named Tauricus and Scipio who founded a Mithraeum. After the campaign, a real Mithraeum was discovered in the region with images of Taurus and Scorpio in it...