This takes place only a few decades after Kannism has been founded from China in the far east to the Greek-City States in the west. By this time, the Roman Empires has gained sufficient power but at the same time, seeing the Kannists as a foe worth asserting, they've been considering diplomacy for ages with these magic wielders. Antonius, a young centurion at the time, was interested in the religion and engaged in their practices...soon to see, though, that they'd ask something more from him.