Rocco

Rocco was a character in Cestvs: The Roman Fighter series. He is a young slave, trained and forced to fight in the coliseum and a friend pf Cestvs

Appearance
Rocco is a young man with good physics and short black hair.

Plot
In the slaves cell, the slaves are given food and some of the rush at it, but Rocco calms them down and invites his friend Cestvs to eat next to him. Soldiers then force everyone out and the slaves are told that the final selection will be done and each will fight another man while they are fully equipped for the mock fights. Cestvs and Rocco are the first to fight and as they have no choice, Rocco tells Cestvs to come at him with no hesitation. As the fight starts, Rocco intends to end the fight with a single hit, but instead he ends up being hit. Learning that Cestvs actually held back, he gets angry and keeps attacking him, but Cestvs avoids each of his swings. Master Zafar tells Cestvs that if he keeps avoiding him, the match won't end and Cestvs decides to start attacking and easily overwhelms Rocco and knocks him down. Rocco compliments Cestvs for his speed and strength, but then is killed by the order of their owner, who explains he can replace any of them and he doesn't need a losing "dog".

Abilities
Rocco was a promising young slave boxer, having a strong physique. As a slave boxer, Rocco was an orthodox boxer for the time, using his left fist for defense and attacking with his right. Aiming to knockout his opponents with a single smiting blow. However, he was overwhelmed by Cestvs' speed and lost to him without having landed a single blow.