In This Life or the Next...
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Last published Wed, Oct 8, 2025
A Gladiator II (2024) rewrite.
16 years since the death of Emperors Marcus Aurelius and his son Commodus...
Rome has fallen to lesser rule. The empire is now overseen by twin Emperors Geta and Caracalla.
The borders of the Empire expand as General Marcus Acacius, at the behest of the Emperors, embarks on several campaigns.
Lady Lucilla has become valuable to the twin Emperors: she who represents the old dynasty, and who can aid them in ruling over the Roman people.
*Canon Divergent from Gladiator II (2024)
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