Timeriders 05 - Gates of Rome
Timeriders 05 - Gates of Rome
“The streets were busy with vendors packing up their shop fronts and pulling shutter doors to for the approaching evening.
Liam and Bob flanked Macro; Maddy and Sal a few steps behind.
‘What was it like in the legions?’ asked Liam. Macro repeated the question.
Liam nodded. ‘I’ve seen some …’ He was going to say ‘films’, but stopped himself. Only Cato knew where and when they’d come from. That might change at some point, but for now, the fact that they’d come from some place beyond th...e known Roman world was enough to share.
‘Well,’ Macro shrugged. ‘I’ll be honest, I probably moaned all the way through my twenty-five years in the Second. It was either hard work or damned boring. And plenty of years spent shivering in cold, damp places I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy.’ He smiled wistfully. ‘But I’d have those days back if I could.’ They stepped aside for a pair of Caligula’s acolytes wearing long green robes.MoreLess
Liam and Bob flanked Macro; Maddy and Sal a few steps behind.
‘What was it like in the legions?’ asked Liam. Macro repeated the question.
Liam nodded. ‘I’ve seen some …’ He was going to say ‘films’, but stopped himself. Only Cato knew where and when they’d come from. That might change at some point, but for now, the fact that they’d come from some place beyond th...e known Roman world was enough to share.
‘Well,’ Macro shrugged. ‘I’ll be honest, I probably moaned all the way through my twenty-five years in the Second. It was either hard work or damned boring. And plenty of years spent shivering in cold, damp places I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy.’ He smiled wistfully. ‘But I’d have those days back if I could.’ They stepped aside for a pair of Caligula’s acolytes wearing long green robes.MoreLess
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