"It might be the other Pannonian tribe great chief sent as reinforcements." Maximus suddenly showed interest, lightly patting an elder half-squatting in front of him and said half-jokingly, half-seriously: "Fortunius, this is a great opportunity. Two Pannonian great chiefs standing together. If you could shoot them dead with one arrow, we could win without a fight."
Fortunius, a Roman veteran, part of the Flanitnus' batch of army slaves, was appointed by Maximus as the crossbow cannon team leader because he had previously served as a crossbow gunner in the Roman Legion, in charge of managing the six captured crossbow cannons of the rebel army, commanding 24 soldiers.
This crossbow cannon team could only be useful in Campania during a farm attack, and its last role was in the attack on Canosa. Due to running out of the already limited lead balls, it was temporarily sidelined.
