The Setting Sun on the Rhine

No heroine➕Not invincible➕Historical direction➕Western Rome When the Huns' horse hoofs shattered the ice of the Rhine River, Marcus, a 16-year-old Roman farmer, only knew two things: run, and - revenge. On the day when the village was burned to the ground, his parents' blood soaked his straw sandals, and his sister's cries were swallowed up by the wild laughter of the barbarians. From a slave in the army to a bloody centurion, he grabbed the sword of the old centurion and tore his way out of the corrupt legion: the officers fed the barbarians with military rations, the emperor was drunk and watched the fire in Rome, and even the swords of Gothic mercenaries were sharper than the Roman flag. When the Vandals sacked the Eternal City, he dragged his dying sister out of the pile of corpses, but only said, "Don't let Rome completely rot." In 476, the last Western Roman emperor stepped down from the throne. Marcus stood among the broken pillars, the rust on his sword redder than the setting sun. The empire was dead, but the smoke from the stoves that had been trampled by iron hoofs, the dying sighs of the veterans, and the faded word "Rome" on the pages of the book - he wanted them to take another breath in the setting sun. This is not an epic story about saving the world, it is a story about a little man protecting a spark with his life in a collapsing era. (Due to the plot of the story, this article has tampered with part of the history, so please forgive me. I will open an if line later after the fall of Western Rome, inherit the will, and regain Rome)