I am a dying man, but atleast I can die with the knowledge that I have served my people well. My beautiful wife has given me a perfect son that I know will take over for me some day soon. I am 85 years old, and I have been killing men since I was 14. I have alot of blood on my hands, and if I could go back and live my life all again, I wouldn't be a warrior. I have always wanted the simple life of a farmer. So simple. So uncomplicated. But Jupiter Maximus has deemed me a leader. I am Quintus Flamminius Sejanus, but I am commonly known as Quintus Augustus.

I was born into a soldier's family. My father, Gnaeus, was a soldier for the house of Scipii. He was a good soldier and he spent alot of time with the head of the Scipii, Tiberius. When my father was killed in his service, my mother was overwrought by grief. She took her own life.

I was not fully abandoned, however, for Tiberius took me as his own son. He was born with infertility, so he had no children of his own. He taught me everthing I would ever need as a true Roman. Swordsmenship, Horsemanship, science and geography were among my lessons. One subject that I excelled at was tactics, particularly those having to do with infantry.

One of the defining moments of my life was when Tiberius took me to Rome for the first time. It was an astonishing sight for a 13 year old, but that is not why I remember it. That day gave me my life's mission.

The reason we went was to meet with the senate. Tiberius had great influence among them and they often praised him of his past deeds. I could see through their lies, however. The senate is a corrupt body of theives and criminals who bully the people of Rome and murder the rest. The other Roman families bend to their will like craven dogs with no sense of their own honor. I knew from that moment on that Rome would not be powerful as long as the senate was in charge.