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[Superman] If baby Kal-El had landed in the Roman empire what would have happened and how would he have turned out?

Just wondering about different interpretations you guys might have. It doesn't matter whether he landed in a poor slave farm in the provinces or rich Villa near the capital. I'm interested to hear what you think.
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It's surprising how little the 'where' and 'when' actually matter in this, when you consider how much those change the answer to any other question about Rome. 

Let's pick something as close to his actual origin as possible, just for the sake of convenience. Gaius Kentus is found by an ethnically Roman family of farmers in western Gaul some time in the late first century AD. Gaius' parents raise him in the traditional Roman way, and in turn, Gaius exhibits all the traits a Roman parent hoped for in a son - intellect, charisma, bravery, and ambition. Just as much as 'Superman' embodied The American Way, Gaius embodies The Roman Way - but they are very different paths. 

Gaius grows into his power quickly, realizing that he possesses a greater destiny than that of lesser men, and joins the legions as soon as he is able - the one path upwards for those of common birth - and when he does, he makes waves quickly. Rumors begin to drift south from the Rhine of Achilles Come Again, a man whose skin no blade can pierce, whose blade moves as swift as an arrow and strikes with the strength of a hundred men. At first, these stories are dismissed as just that - stories - but soon the facts of the matter become known. Gaius moves from legionary to First Spear within the year, an unprecedented feat, but his talent proves more than fit to the task. It seems his blessings go beyond the physical, and he proves an excellent tactician and strategist - a miracle worker. 

With the death of Nerva and the ascension of Trajan, Gaius is recalled from the front and brought before the new emperor, who wants him with him on his upcoming Dacian campaign. 

And well, the rest is history. The Emperor falls to an assassin's blade, and Gaius leads the legions in horrible vengeance. The Dacians are completely crushed overnight, helpless before the might of Rome, but the legions do not stop there. They move south, taking Parthia in weeks and when Gaius returns to the capital, he comes acclaimed *Imperator* by his men. If anyone questions the circumstances of Trajan's death, or the legitimacy of their new princeps' reign, they dare not voice it - it is said The Emperor has spies everywhere, and not even whispers in the privacy of one's own home are ever truly safe. 

Two millennia later, the world is a very different place. Emperor Gaius, son of Jupiter, Imperator of the Eastern Legions, First Among Equals and Lord of All Beneath The Heavens rules a united and peaceful world from the Eternal City. Any who would dare to threaten this peace are crushed so rapidly that the Gates of Janus have remained closed for over eighteen centuries. The Emperor is working on a space program so that Rome may grow rich on conquest again as he remembers from his youth.