Captain Cappie John Paul Jones is one of the main characters of the series. He was the president of the Cyprus-Rhodes University chapter of Kappa Tau Gamma. During his time at KT, he was also the little brother of Egyptian Joe and the big brother of Rusty Cartwright. He was also a member of the Amphora Society.
Hadrian (r. A.D. 117-138) was a Roman emperor known for his many building projects, cities named Hadrianopolis (Adrianopolis) after him, and the famous wall across Britain, from Tyne to Solway, designed to keep the barbarians out of Roman Britain (see map of Roman Britain).
Here I am painting a new oval shield with a design based on shields found at the ruined Roman city of Dura Europus (255-257AD). These shields are red in colour (the colour of Mars, god of war) and include wreaths around the boss, a border decoration and detailed figures or creatures. They differ from the shield patterns of the 2nd century. It seems that the famous Roman lightning bolts and eagle wings were no longer used in the 3rd century.