The Legionary and The Grandson

A Roman legionary, marked by war and the arena, reaches the end of his life in Emerita Augusta, the city founded for the veterans of the Empire. There, when sword and shield finally rest, he chooses to tell his story to the only heir who truly matters: his grandson.
Through his voice-soldier, gladiator, veteran-a world in constant motion unfolds: campaigns on the Empire's frontiers, combat in the arena, camaraderie, loss, and finally the most difficult lesson of all-the lesson of staying. The grandson listens, grows, and in time sets out on his own journey northward, toward Roman Gallaecia and the origins of Ourense, where history is no longer measured by conquest, but by endurance.
From first-century Rome to nineteenth-century Ourense, passing through centuries of silent continuity, this book traces the possible memory of a family that did not stand out for domination, but for resisting time. A story in which empires fall, names change, and surnames blend-yet the thread does not break.
The Legionary and the Grandson is more than a historical novel. It is a story about transmission-about what is inherited when violence ends and only the word remains. A book about how, when weapons sleep, memory awakens.