Long road to Calleva 5 : Golden apples and endings of the road

Summary: After the fall of Cunoval, Esca is enslaved. All Esca says about that in the book is "They sold me to a trader from the South, who sold me to Beppo, here in Calleva" Yet, that sentence covers two years of Esca's life (in the book, it's seven in the movie). This story explores what happened to Esca and how he ended up in the arena at Calleva where he first saw Marcus.
Inspired by: Eagle of the Ninth

Previous chapters :
Long road to Calleva 1: The Fall of Cunoval
The long road to Calleva 2: Different Kinds of Chains
Long road to Calleva 3: Winter in Deva
Long road to Calleva 4 : Watling Street

( The orchards of the Cantiaci )

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( Stablehands )

( His father's knife )

( Chains, again )

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( Vatto )

 

Author's notes ( Rent-a-slave )

( The golden apples of the Cantiaci )