The Writings of Geoff Micks

(~55 – ~79 CE · Gades & Rome) The Narrator has a reoccurring dream of a statue that moves and changes its face. While discussing it with a charlatan posing as a soothsayer, he decides on what his next great adventure must be. Though he hates the place, he needs to go to Rome at…

(60 BCE · Gadir/Gades, Rome, & the Sea Between) The Narrator sails someone from Further Spain to Rome in under sixteen days. As a result, that man went on to become arguably one of the most famous people who ever lived.  Based on Chapter 13 of Middle by Geoff Micks. Gadir/Gades in the time of…

(216 – 202 BCE · Carthage) The Narrator describes the rest of the Second Punic War, including the battle of Zama, the fall of Carthage, and the aftermath.   Based on Chapter 12 of Middle by Geoff Micks. The bust of the Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca was discovered in the Italian city of Capua in 1667.…

(220 – 216 BCE · Carthage) The Narrator recaps the first half of the Second Punic War to set the scene for when Mago and Marco brought news of Hannibal’s great victory at Cannae back to Carthage.  Based on Chapter 11 of Middle by Geoff Micks. The bust of the Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca was discovered…

(~330 – ~220 BCE · Western Europe, Northern Africa & Southern Spain) The Narrator offers a brief summary of the First Punic War from the Carthaginian perspective to prepare listeners for the story of how he first met and became the patron of the Spanish bandit Marco, a man forgotten by history but destined for…

(2015 CE · Northern India) The Narrator meets the woman whose visit has haunted his dreams.  Based on Chapter 9 of Middle by Geoff Micks. A photo of Rishikesh, India taken from uphill by Vikram Singh Valera in 2021, generously made publicly available on Wikipedia.   I was not able to find the photo of Paul…

(~330 BCE · Sardinia, Marseilles, & the Sea Between) The Narrator survives a terrible shipwreck in a storm at sea, only to be rescued by a man named Pytheas who should be included among history’s greatest explorers, but sadly his name is only remembered at all because so many geographers called him a liar.  Based…

(~590 – 332 BCE · Carthage & Tyre ) The Narrator remembers with deep regret how Alexander the Great destroyed the ancient city of Tyre  whose royal women had once made a home and safe place for an immortal wanderer. Based on Chapter 7 of Middle by Geoff Micks. Alexander the Great. This depiction of Alexander’s…

(~804 – ~590 BCE · The Known World, & Parts Unknown) The Narrator recounts his three-year journey leading a joint Phoenician-Egyptian expedition to circumnavigate Africa on the orders of Pharaoh Naku, or Necho II as he is remembered today. Based on Chapter 6 of Middle by Geoff Micks.     A stone-carving of a Phoenician ship.…