A Phoenix from the Ashes: The Rise of a Reborn Rome

In a universe where the vagaries of fate reign supreme, a most unremarkable and jejune fellow with an inordinate fondness for Roman history and gaming finds himself cruelly dispatched by a concatenation of ill-starred events. His soul is promptly whisked away and transposed to an epoch not of the medieval or contemporary kind, but rather one harkening back to the primordial times of tribalism, where the vestiges of his former world are not only absent, but all semblance of civilized society is yet to be sowed. This brave new world is awash with fiendish monsters of unutterable power, capable of bringing death and destruction on a scale that beggars belief.

Thus, the question remains: how will this erstwhile unremarkable and inconspicuous personage rise to the occasion, and become the savior of humanity from a fate most heinous? Shall he invoke the valor and strength of the fabled Roman legions, with their storied history of conquest and martial prowess, to smite the enemy hordes and bring about a new age of enlightenment?