The Great Centurion

Punic Wars (A Real LitRPG Roman Series)

By: Angelus Maximius

Narrated by: William Turbett

An empire-building LitRPG set on the Dawn of the Second Punic War. An old foe threatens the existence of Rome!

In the Roman Republic, Victor Maximus, a young Roman, is determined to be the next legendary soldier. Through determination and grit, he has impressed his superiors and becomes a great Roman general.

Victor finds himself in the midst of the Second Punic War between Rome and Carthage. A period where the elephant riders have become hostile and threaten war once again. He'll have to quickly hone his skills as a general, gain experience, and manage his own army.

Victor will have to use the spoils of war to improve his weapons, construct forts, manage settlements, and lead his armies to victory while having to tread the borders of the Roman Republic. Leading armies on land and leading warships on epic naval battles, Victor will have to juggle everything along with his desire to make some fine female friends. That is despite the lovely women being in enemy lands and having to break the code of ethics set in Rome, by the Senate.

Prepare yourself for a story of the rough life of a Roman general as he becomes the Great Centurion! This is a LitRPG set in the real world. As Victor will learn, not every battle is winnable, and being a general isn't always glorious!

Warning: There is a moderate to high amount of sexual references. This book is set in real life, and the consequences are all too real.

©2020 Angel Ramon (P)2023 Audion Media

LitRPG ut non referat!

This is an interesting book on the Roman Republic during the time of the Punic Wars. There is much historical flavor and the author describes the fierce and bloody battle scenes very well. Victor Maximus, the young Roman protagonist, adds the love interest aspect with his childhood sweetheart Victoria. The overuse of Victor said, Victor listened, and Victor replied, for each character somewhat annoying. I also found the dialogue entirely too well-mannered to the point of being unrealistic. IMO, to label this novel as LitRPG is quite a stretch. It felt like the use of statistics was a last-minute addition to claim the popular LitRPG title. Much of the mechanics in a LitRPG story were missing. Compare this tale to something like Chaos Seeds by Aleron Kong, or Alpha World by Daniel Schinhofen, which I am currently listening to. You will discover a stark difference. Three.point.five for historical excitement, but no LitRPG. I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Wasted Credit!

This book is terrible. The title makes it seem like a story about a “Great Centurion”….. however it is written like a generic Roman dungeons and dragons. The guy joins the army, takes 2-3 classes then becomes the legions general??!? Decent buy if your under 12 years old I guess. The reader also sounds rediculous. The Emperor in particular is made to sound like a child, and he keeps mispronouncing words…. Especially Carthage. I usually love these books, but felt the need to comment on this one due to my severe let down.

Sounds like a PBS narrated stroy

The historical notes and quest updates break up the flow of the story and sound more like math problems at times.
There is little emotion in the reading and it sounds like stage direction.

Finally, the repeated exposition was enough that I had to just leave off. It was bad enough that the main character's parents were not given names but instead simply referred to as Victor's mother and Victor's father. Not Mom, Mother, or even his mother. I really started to think of it as a purely historical text or a game manual.

Ok so awkward

I will preface that I haven’t finished the book yet, but there is just something I can’t ignore. The author is obviously trying to be authentic to the time with the words used like mater pater and casa etc. which is why I was shocked that he repeatedly keeps referencing the “emperor” at the time Rome was a REPUBLIC it didn’t have an emperor and wouldn’t for more than another 200 years. Even then he wasn’t called the emperor. For an author who is obviously interested in the time period and wants to educate people on that time I just couldn’t let it pass without comment. Good try, but please do some more research. I beg of you

very good

Loved it !! this story. the narrator is so fantastic it's like your really there!! good overall