Those gunshots made me think of someone trying out an electric drum kit back in the 80's... pum-da-pum-da-pum-pum, looks around the store, continues less confidently..pum... pum... tish... pum..pum...tish.
Leaves.
He was being machinegunned by the pagan hordes occupying the old sun-kissed coast of Antium, the villas of Cicero and Nero - sich that they were - watching wearily from the hills just above and behind the chaos.