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TIL Julius Caesar's book, "Commentary on the Gallic War," a chronicle of his military campaign in Gaul, he mentions two real centurions, Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo. Their fictionalized exploits were used as the basis for the television series "Rome."

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