First Page: Historical m/m

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Lucius Sentius Camillianus, Camillianus to his friends, Lucius to his family, armed with urgent news, marched across the city with the determination of a legionnaire. One of his father's secretaries lagged behind him, wood-bound note tablet in hand, a pen case...