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).
An exception was the 100-foot high Colossus of Rhodes - a huge statue of the god Helios, built on the island of Rhodes by Chares of Lindos about 280 BCE, during the era of Hellenistic Greek sculpture. Deemed one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, it was made from stone (and earth) decorated with bronze plates.