Wasn't that his farm he was visiting in the afterlife?
IIRC, yes it was.
Wasn't that his farm he was visiting in the afterlife?
The "best" way to get it to happen would probably be to have the duel coincidentally happen at the same time as a completely unrelated coup which lacks, or recently lost, its "Face Man" but still has its actual Mastermind, who then decides that a popular general turned slave turned gladiator who just managed to publicly humiliate, defeat, and kill an unpopular Emperor in front of the Imperial Senate and People would be a good Figurehead since he would be popular and recognizable but would lack any actual political connections.
Then, have the coup gradually fall apart as the various people who made it up start with the sort of infighting that the lack of a true leader figure can cause. Against all expectations, the Figurehead Emperor actually has the political savvy to play the splinter factions off each other, and off the other marginalized factions that weren't involved in the coup, and manages to secure actual tangible power.
Sounds like another day in the life to me.
The "best" way to get it to happen would probably be to have the duel coincidentally happen at the same time as a completely unrelated coup which lacks, or recently lost, its "Face Man" but still has its actual Mastermind, who then decides that a popular general turned slave turned gladiator who just managed to publicly humiliate, defeat, and kill an unpopular Emperor in front of the Imperial Senate and People would be a good Figurehead since he would be popular and recognizable but would lack any actual political connections.
Then, have the coup gradually fall apart as the various people who made it up start with the sort of infighting that the lack of a true leader figure can cause. Against all expectations, the Figurehead Emperor actually has the political savvy to play the splinter factions off each other, and off the other marginalized factions that weren't involved in the coup, and manages to secure actual tangible power.
Sounds like another day in the life to me.
All of my best plans are.Hmmm. This just might be crazy enough to work.