Glory ascribes to Rome
All roads lead to Rome, but not all who come are welcomed by Rome. The Colosseum is a microcosm of Rome, and Rome is a grand Colosseum.
He, Lepidus, was fortunate enough to travel back to that time, 678 years after the founding of Rome, 66 years before the birth of Jesus. But he did not become a nobleman, because it was impossible; nor did he become an inventor, because that too was impossible. His initial identity was a military slave, which was the most reasonable and fitting role. From there, he embarked on a thrilling and adventurous journey.
Caesar, Pompey, Cicero, Crassus, Antony, Octavian, and Mithridates are no longer lifeless wax figures.
Centurions, merchants, auctioneers, and rhetoricians are no longer rigid texts. Slaves, freed slaves, citizens with property, knights, tribunes, military tribunes, cavalry commanders, senators...
As Decimus walked down this road paved with bones and skulls, who could become the last one laughing, the unique Augustus?