@saxman66- Blaise didn't technically put the date together, just the area as he is not only Italian, but he used the language charm and heard the guard mention the location. What the man spoke when arresting Draco was roughty translated from: By the order of Emperor Titus and the city of Pompeii, you are hereby under arrest for the assult on an officer. As for your question about messing with time, it will be answered in the next chapter. I don't wish to give away anything.

@Lady Dracona- You are not entirely wrong on your statement, however, I borrowed the thumbs up from the movie Pompeii and when I researched the gesture I found this direct quote on a site and a few others as well:

* "As for what historians of his era thought, interpretations varied greatly from thumbs up meaning kill and thumbs down meaning live (and vice versa), to hidden thumb in fist meaning live and thumbs down meaning kill, and pretty much every variation therein.  Why Gérôme chose thumbs down isn’t known, or even whether he meant it as is often interpreted- “kill”. People predominantly interpreted the painting this way (and still do), but in truth there is no evidence that this was what Gérôme was going for." *

So, it's sort of an open variartion on my part to help readers in a way. There are so many different meanings for the thumbs up, I just chose the easiest one people could reconize better. :)

Another amazing chapter. I only have one question, because I wasn't sure on it. In the times of the gladiators, I thought that the thumbs up was a sign to kill and the thumbs down was the one to let them live. I only ask because I was taught that the depiction from Pollice Verso (Thumbs Down) by Jean-Léon Gérôme was actually mistaken and the thumbs down misinterpreted to be a dissaproval rather than a sign to let them live.

  Well that was tense and I wasn't expecting the two to be that successful in swordplay, even with a bit of help from Hermione.  Mind you they are probably in a better physical condition than most of the people their fighting.  Glad that Blaise put together the date and location and realised they were in deep s**t. 

  One question please?  If killing the caveman in the past was potentially very dangerous in terms of affecting the future wouldn't this bloodbath be an issue here?  Although since all bar one of them would have died anyway in the 'match' and possibly the one who would have survived would have secumbed to the volcano. 

  Our people need to get out there quickly but at the same time I'm not sure how let another jump in time and location will increase the difficulty of Harry finding them, which sounds risky enough in itself.

Oh my goodness...this is amazing!! I cant wait until the next chapter and I wish there was so many more for me to read. 

Wow! Excellent chapter! I was not expecting that ending at all. Well done to you and your beta!

I'm happy I finally made an account so I can review this story. Most time travel fics I read are only in one place and can get boring after awhile but you have somehow managed to incorperate a whole bunch of different time periods keeping things interesting. I love it!

I'm glad the group is finally learning to work together though it sucks Draco had to show his strengths so soon. I also love that Narcissa is showing a more friendly side especally to Hermione's mother of all perople which is unexpected as well. It makes me not hate her like I do in some stories where they make her the bad guy.

Things seem to be picking up more for the 4 in the past, I hope where ever they land it cuts them some slack and Harry man...that guy is brave for willing to do something so serious. I wonder why everyone is willing to let him though. I hope he finds the group and gets a chance to talk to Hermione so she can possibly help. I can't wait to read more! Each period is more thrilling than the last!!

My aplogize with the email. It is slytheringoddess214@yahoo .com. Please remove the space when copy and pasting for any who wish to contact me with questions and concerns :)

Hi Slytherin-Goddess214 -  thanks for the reply.

On the origins of Osiris I can see a couple of ways in which you could be right. Remembered the Celtic invasion of Greece in 279BC and also that we're talking about what sounds like a powerful magic user. Either could lead to a Celt, possibly from ancient Britain being established in Ptolomaic Egypt in 55BC. - Have emailed your directly with a bit more detail.

Saxman66

@Saxman66-

Thank you for getting back to me. I will say that I relooked at the research I had done for the ice age and used the wrong period by accident. There were 5 and I didn’t notice that I used the wrong one. I do apologize for that and I will fix that in the story. So, thank you for catching that.

For Osiris, in the time of BC the years technically go backwards. 55BC is before 43BC not after it like we normally have today. It also states that Romans only conquered much of England not that they sieged the whole country. Romans never fully took England. They had a number of battles but never conquered it. As for Cleopatra, directly from the Wikipedia site is states that by 29 August 51 BC, official documents started listing Cleopatra as the sole ruler. Which given the time frame 55 BC is perfect timing for the advisor to alter the amulet she had given him as a gift. In the summer of 49 BC, Cleopatra and her forces were still fighting against Ptolemy XIII within Alexandria when Pompey's son Gnaeus Pompeius arrived, seeking military aid on behalf of his father and she was considered Egypt’s queen. She was also in a private relationship with Caesar which is why she would not mind have Osiris, who is English in her court, but due to others not liking the idea very much, someone high up in her court betrayed the advisor.

I do appreciate you trying to help and I am not mad in anyway, but with the hundreds of hours I spent researching the 14 eras the group will go through, I believe you can understand the frustrations of someone trying to correct me. Unfortunately, there is no way to PM on this site, but you can always email me at slytheringoddes214@ yahoo.com for any correction or suggestions you might have in the future. I am also on fanfiction. Net where PM’s are available if you wish to message me that way. You can also get updated notification when I post so you always know when the next chapter is available.

Thank you,

Jessica

Slytherin-Goddess214

Hi Slytherin-Goddess214

OK if the book is magical it would explain how Hermione identified the site of the siege and hence the date. Sorry I didn't realise that. Also that by then others had left although I would have expected the surviving locals to remain. Things have moved on a lot since I was a child and details of incident such as the war of the heavenly horses probably are much better known than in my youth, with the much easier availability of information via the web. Checking on Wiki I found an entry for it there for instance.

On the invasion of southern Britain, what's now England however it only took place from 43AD onwards, which was some time after Cleopatra and her dynasty fell in 31BC. Caesar made a couple of raids in 55 and 54 BC and the later was quite large and established a couple of client kingdoms but no Romans stayed in Britain until the later conquest and the likelihood of any ancient Brits reaching Egypt, Especially since you had Luna say that ““The amulet…it was created by an advisor named Osiris around 55 BC “ which was the time of Caesar's 1^st invasion so how Osiris could be an ancient Brit I can't see.

On the issue of the caveman you dated the incident at about 2.6 million years ago and have both mention of cave paintings and Hermione saying ““Yes…my guess,” Hemione chimed as she studied the graphic paintings “either Neanderthals or-or Homo sapiens, judging by the art staining the surface of the rocks.” “ I know of no source that dates either species anything like that far back or even before 500,000 years before the present. As I say the caveman could have been an earlier hominid and Hermione got her description wrong as to who the caveman was.

I did try and see if I could write the previous message privately but couldn't find any option, possibly showing my lack of ability with modern tech :(. Otherwise I would have done so as I didn't want to publicly criticise points in the story or divert the story with a discussion of history. However I'm sorry but I know of nothing that would contradict what I've mentioned on the two points above.

Saxman66

@Saxman66-

I’m glad to have you back. Unfortunately, your review though did bother me some. I along with my beta are very into history and my beta has even taken several college classes on it and has a minor in classics which is the study of ancient Greece and Rome. I spent hours and days researching every era, and months before that when choosing each era. I have many sources including links and real-life people, and always make sure everything I am writing into this story is factual. I never mentioned the year the Romans conquered England, just that during the time of Cleopatras Reign they only conquered much of England. Osiris is also a made-up character that I implanted for various reasons. Regardless it’s a fictional story where I can do so.  As for the War of The Heavenly Horses, it might not be well known to you, but it is to me and I not only researched heavily that era, but I also watched YouTube videos explaining it in detail, so I had a visual. The group was only present after everyone left which is why Hermione could determine that the remaining troops left only about a day or two before and her book is magical which I was waiting to explain in the story later. She can find any piece of history she wants to. As for Ginny in Rome, she just got lucky because the assassination happened right after, but you are not wrong about the flogging, I just did not want to add it. Now as for the cave man. I have many links that have not only told me but shown me what humans looked like 2.5 million years, which is exactly what I put in the story, nothing more and nothing less. The only thing that I will change is my misspelling of the word conquer which I appreciate you catching for me. Also, it is mentioned in the summary that this story is a Dramione/Blinny story, so Blaise and Ginny will be together eventually. If you could please alter your review or write a new one so information that is not correct for this story does not confused readers, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you.

Hell, sorry to say I only just noticed this story. Caught up now and enjoying it a lot. However afraid a few points have stung the history addict in me however. ;) Apologies.

Chap 2:– the Romans didn't conquer what's now England until 43 AD I think it was and Claudius's invasion. You had Julius's earlier invasions about a century before but they were basically raids so no ancient Brits are likely to be in Roman service at that point, especially not in a distant location like Ptolemaic Egypt. Possibly if you were to update this story make him a Roman as their growing power and influence in Egypt did make them quite unpopular.

Chap 3:– One concern with the history here. The “War of the Heavenly Horses” is not exactly well known and I had only heard of it before from a tale at primary school I think, so that would be more of a set of encyclopedia than a book for it to be likely to be mentioned in any detail in Herminoe's book. Possibly more to the point there has been a lot of fighting on the Silk Road so doubtful that Hermione could identify that particular conflict. Also the narration says that the nobles came to terms with the Chinese so their still about let alone any scavengers or looters so I would be a bit surprised that they didn't run into anyone so close to the seige.

Plus a typo I think

They crossed the desert and concurred neighboring cities with ease before they spent forty days trying to take the wall of the capital Dayuan

concurred should be conquered I assume?

Chap 4: - One comment in that if a slave tried to resist an advance from a powerful and influential person in ancient Rome, unless she was very lucky she would at the least get a bad flogging. Hence Ginny was very lucky for the assassination to follow so quickly.

Chap5: - You need an earlier ice age than 2.5M years ago for anything resembling modern humans. Not an expert but I don't think even Homo erectus was around that far back, let alone Neanderthals or-or Homo sapiens. So for anything related to the latter you need one of the markedly more recent Ice Ages.

I wonder if killing that caveman, even if self-defence is going to extend their trip due to the purpose of the amulet? Also its going to be awkward if the family in the current age don't check the date again as Harry is going to be looking in the wrong date and location!

From the comment at the start about racism I'm guessing at some point we will be in either southern US or the Caribbean islands during the period of plantation slavery which will cause serious problems for the group in general and Blaise in particular.

I also get the feeling that we're going to have Ginny and Blaise getting close during this story. ;)

I absolutly love the details of this chapter! So much has happened in such a short span of time but I felt myself entralled with every scene. I have to say though, I too was not expecting Ginny to go off like she did and instead thought it would be Hermione but I like the interation. Poor Draco though he just cant catch a break lmao. Cant wait to see where you take them next!

This story seems so good! The idea of multi-eras is unique and very bold. Your wirting style is also amazing. I fell like I'm really there. Can't wait until next Sunday to see what the past holds for Dramione and Blinny.

I am currently into time travel BIG time and really like the idea of how they react outside of their normal time interested to see where this goes, if this will be a slow pace or a quickie, and please keep updating!