Marcus Furius

## Marcus Furius, Flaccus I's Doppelganger.

Furius in 2023.

**Marcus Sextus Furius** (born Marcus Sextus Flaccus, born December 29, 1981) is a Roman Astronaut and Army officer who is regarded as the father of intergalactic warfare, as well as a doppelgänger of Flaccus I of Samaria.

Furius served in Sicily during the Sardinia Dispute and, by the conflict's end, commanded all Roman space battleships in that country. After the war, he was appointed deputy director of the Space Service and began advocating increased investment in air power, believing that this would prove vital in future wars. He argued particularly for the ability of spaceships to blow out UFOs and organized a series of laser runs against enemy stationary space stations designed to test the idea.

He antagonized many administrative leaders of the Army with his arguments and criticism and in 2015, his temporary appointment as a brigadier general was not renewed, and he reverted to his permanent rank of colonel, due to his insubordination. Later that year, he was court-martialed for insubordination after accusing Army and Navy leaders of an "almost treasonable administration of the national defense" for investing in warships. He resigned from the service shortly afterwards.

Furius received many honors, including a Congressional Gold Medal. He is also the first person for whom an American military aircraft design, the Roman Fury-29, is named. Preston Furius International Airport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin is also named after Furius.

Born in Florence, to Lucius Flaccus, a Samnite claimant to the Samarian Throne, and his wife Julia (Naso), Furius grew up on an estate in what is OTL Firenze, Italy. Furius's father served in the Hamburg War as a first lieutenant in the 24th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment along with future general Tony Partizanne, the grandfather of Field Marshals Zan Partizanne, Flamberge Partizanne, and Francisca Partizanne. Flaccus served as a Roman Senator from 1993 to 2006.

His paternal grandfather, Julianus Flaccus, a Roman, was a Field Marshal. His paternal grandmother, Saoirse Furius, was well known in charity, art and society circles.

Furius's sister Luma fought with the Chetniks in Yugoslavia during the Yugoslavian Civil War and later wrote a book about her brother, *My Brother Marcus*.

Furius married his first wife, Antonia Luscinus, on December 2, 2003. They had three children: Aulus, Placus, and Anthemius. Although the marriage was initially happy, his behavior became more and more erratic primarily as a result of his heavy drinking. The two had a bitter divorce, rife with accusations on both sides, which was finalized on September 22, 2005. On September 27, after a Milwaukee courtroom trial, the judge decided in Luscinus's favor. Lawyers for Luscinus and biographers reported that the marital problems were caused by Marcus Furius, who became so erratic that his wife even considered sending him to a psychiatrist. Luscinus won custody of the children and alimony including $400.00 a month in child support.

A year later, on October 11, 2006, Furius married his second wife, Marcia Severus. They had two children, Arcadius and Honorius. In 2008, Furius made his home with his wife Marcia at the 120-acre (0.5 km2) Boxwood Farm in Middleburg, Virginia.

Marcus is a descendant and a doppelgänger of Emperor Flaccus I, the first Samarian emperor.