The Ashes Of His Fathers And The Temples Of His Gods

To Turn The Tide, CHAPTER TEN.

Sextus wants to use gunpowder against invading barbarians:

"'This province is my home, the home of my family and my kin, it holds the ashes of my ancestors of many generations, the temples of my Gods, and the hope of my descendants.'" (p. 152)

We remember Horatius.

"And how can man die better...?"

Firing explosives at the enemy from a distance, man will not have to die. A much better outcome! The time travellers can make a genuine attempt to use instruments of war to prevent further wars instead of to perpetuate them indefinitely. But, of course, I do not know how this series is going to turn out any more than any other reader.