Carrick glanced disapprovingly at his lover, then gave a faintly sad smile. "I don't actually remember my real name," he admitted.
Carrick shifted his position a little, tucking Russell's head in closer to his shoulder. "Yes, but Greece wasn't a unified country back then," he answered. " More a federation of city states. Sparta and Athens never got along. They thought we were brutal psychopaths and we thought they were a bunch of effete philosophers with no stomach for a fight."