His performances earned Alonso national repute and Iñaki Sáez, the coach of the Spanish national team, called him up for La Selección.
It appealed to Tiridates I because that is where his army had beaten the Romans and sent them away under a capitulation; on the other hand, it appealed to Corbulo because he was about to wipe out the ill repute earned before in the same location.
Alonso earns a reputed 28m euros (£23.6m) at Ferrari but if he moved his salary would present no problem for McLaren as he would be accompanied to the team by the Spanish bank Santander, who would cover his wages.
Mayweather, with his dark history of domestic violence, is worth a reputed £200m and earned £75m last year alone.
Equally legendary was his drinking (which he often indulged in during matches), his recklessness with money (he is reputed to have earned millions from snooker and blown it all, dying in destitution) and his temper.
Flashy philanthropy, fourth wife (reputed ex-stripper) earned him moniker "Citizen Hilbert" from Indiana media.
Before his execution, Turpin frequently received visitors (the gaoler was reputed to have earned £100 from selling drinks to Turpin and his guests), although he refused the efforts of a local clergyman who offered him "serious remonstrances and admonitions".
It is probably fair to assume that Ferguson's latest epic, earning him a reputed £2m advance, is going to take up an awful lot of headlines next month and that the list of people he chops down in print will be considerable.
(For U2, it was a massive success, earning them a reputed $100m from Apple and sending older albums back into the charts).
Michael, on the other hand, was virtually unknown outside the capital; his military record was unremarkable, he was uneducated and coarse of manner, his stutter earned him ridicule, and he was reputed to sympathize with the heretical religious sect of the Athinganoi, to which his family had belonged.
