(1) The settings for my book. From the Arena to the Cross, is ancient Rome and Judaea from A.D. 12- A.D. 31. It's an epic saga of will, determination, and profound fortitude of a youth, Ephron Benjamin Gad, determined to seek vengeance.The story unfolds of the boy - at age twelve - of a Jewish father, Benjamin Gad, and a Roman mother Fulvina, manumitted from slavery in Eboli, south Italy. Shortly after their freedom Benjamin departed the town of Eboli and took his wife and only son to Rome. There Benjamin found work raking the sands and cleaning the arena after gladiatorial battles or chariot...