Centurion and optio crouched in the deep foliage, looking at Settus's 'scouts'.

Settus's optio, the formidable Slainius had evidently decided the banter was at an end.

Mucius opened his eyes to see the faces of Lucius and Settus's optio, Slainius, hovering over him.

He nudged his horse forward as Settus and his optio finally had the men arrayed to his satisfaction.

The optio ignored that.

The former optio fought back and heaved Valerian from him sending him crashing into a bust of the goddess Minerva.

He decided that if he just sat and ignored Settus when he came back, the former optio would get the message and leave.

He screamed obscenities as he charge into the battle and, backed by his optio, began to seize back the ground the plainspeople had won.

Valerian regarded the former optio for a moment: it was clear that Settus had not come all the way from his century to ask that.

Or Optio Slainius here will make sure they'll die trying to get there.

Three unknown Pentax Optio cameras appeared on the internet yesterday, and then quickly disappeared.

'And...' he frowned for a moment, 'Optio Settus, if I'm not mistaken.

Got us a Dell Latitude laptop PC and a Pentax Optio 5.5 digital camera.

'Settus's optio flexed his shoulders on cue.

The other left!' he screamed as someone -inevitablygot it wrong and was duly pounded on the back by the eager Optio Slainius's vine staff.

'Mucius's optio, Livius, was pacing up and down the fighting platform, ignoring the screams of wounded men as they were struck by Sarmatian missiles.