About Timius Arbutus

Timius Arbutus is the son of a Roman Legionnaire. Human frailty of others leaves its mark on him in his formative years. At an early age, he is taken to a Roman institution equivalent to a boarding school where he remains until his teens.

His Career and Experiences

On leaving the institution, he has to find work and eventually decides to follow in his father's footsteps and become a legionnaire. Towards the latter end of his army career, he is very much disturbed by an event that took place and in which he was tasked. Another more senior legionnaire witnessed the same event and was traumatised by it.

Notes on the Work

It is a work of fiction based on various facts but written as though most events took place circa AD 35. Some place names and those of individuals are fictitious and bear no resemblance to the actual places or any living persons.