Sadly many were unintended. Hey, I never claimed to be perfect. *L*
First, there was the opening post, that I mucked up by leaving in part of a sentence from when the clue led to a different place (but turned out the location I had originally intended did not exist!) so my apologies for that. First post read;
"Ancient scholars once believed the key to all knowledge was hidden in an Egyptian temple of Isis. This key, rumoured to be a golden Ankh, was hidden from Roman hands by Cleopatra at [____], where Antony escaped to after the battle of Pharsalus. This key is only available to those who can reason their way through a maze located on this island, and your next clue also awaits."
But was supposed to read..
"Ancient scholars once believed the key to all knowledge was hidden in an Egyptian temple of Isis. This key, rumoured to be a golden Ankh, was hidden from Roman hands by Cleopatra at [____], where Julius Caesar went to after the battle of Pharsalus. This key is only available to those who can reason their way through a maze located on this island, and your next clue also awaits. "
Thanks to Sankira for clearing that up and to Casta for noticing my goof!
Next up is the John of Patmos one. Oh boy did alot get stuck here! I myself in testing the clues could not find where or how Achaea ** had anything to do with John of Patmos or an apocolypse, but it must have been noticable to others as several did find their way there. Calpurnia has hinted she may be able to argue the validity of this one *L* I don't blame her, I wanna know! Decius wrote it, lets see if the lord of misrule can shed some light.
Hannibal Barca was a tough one as it was outside of Rome, and therefore not so easy if you were looking in Roman family lists. eek!
St.Valentine Valerius was another tricky one only in that if you went to search for his name in the member search, and placed a space between St. and Valentine, it wouldn't come up with anything. His persona name has no space!
A very clever clue I thought.., also written by Decius..
"It is often the winter of discontent on this island, made glorious summer by the sun of this city."
The clue led to Eboracum, and it was referencing a Shakespeare quote, Eboracum being the Roman name for early York. "Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer .." I was able to find it by googling, but it did take some work! Some had a problem with this one, others trucked on through it like it was nothing.
Finding Petra in Mesopotamia (subtracting the A and E from a Roman 'hood) was a bit tricky for some as well. There are alot of locations that are in both Rome and elsewhere ;o)