Lepidus the Centurion. A Roman of Today by Edwin Lester Linden Arnold (from the SciFan database of Fantasy & SF novels, anthologies, collections)


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	Lepidus the Centurion. A Roman of Today, by Edwin Lester Linden Arnold


	Novel, first publication in 1901


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	An interesting psychological parable. A perfectly preserved Roman centurian is reawakened in 19th century England and undergoes adventures in Victorian society. 1901. This book is a work of fiction set in modern day Rome wherein Lepidus takes the reader on a journey of his civilization and life. The chapters are entitled: I exhume myself; sleeper awakened; and rehabilitated; some dinner and an alarm; Centurion plays centaur; interrupted explanation; Roman reflects; she comes; old love and the new; chapter of accidents; strange discovery; we picnic with our ancestors; love, the immortal; hero turns cynic; Lepidus philosophizes; some reproaches and a proposal; so as by fire; last resort; spoils to the victor, death to the vanquished.


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