Centurion of the XIX Legion

Lucius was thrilled when he learned of his father''s plan to send him to the Legion to become a Centurion. When his father then engaged Pertinax, a former gladiator, to serve as Lucius'' sword-fighting tutor, he could hardly believe his luck.On a business trip to Massilia (Marseille), Lucius gets lost in the harbor district, where a gang of street urchins assails him, beating and robbing him. Gnae...