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    Ten Shakespearian Noms De Guerre

    Matthew PetersonBy Updated:6 Mins Read

    6) AGRIPPA


    An actual historical personage, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa was fictionalized by ol’ Bill in ‘Antony and Cleopatra’, where he is forced to retreat from Antony’s forces in the name of his master, Octavius Caesar.  In the comic-book adventures of ‘The Tick’, Mighty Agripps, God Of The Aqueduct serves a two-fold joke: First, he’s a parody of Marvel Comics’ Thor in aspect and nature, but also refers to the historical Agrippa’s role in building Rome’s infrastructure and transforming it into a vast city of marble.  Not bad for a guy with so few appearances!

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