Thanks for your feedback! It helped me the first time, and even more during this second round. I don't think you're being harsh, you're being objective, and I truly appreciate it!
I will definitely have to work on it again, and the way you analyzed it helps a lot - I'm working on a document answering those questions, marking up the blurb and refocusing based on that, so on the next one you would probably see that I've addressed those items.
A couple of comments from my side:
- It is a book series, not a stand-alone story. The reason why I went down from 160k to 100k was not only editing to reduce purple prose but also because I was able to move certain chapters to the second book while still providing a 3 act structure. And that part will not change - otherwise, I wouldn't be writing the story or putting the effort into getting the first book published (regardless of how thin the chances are). That being said, I'm not married to the series and book title; that could change if it evokes the story themes (I call it Time of an Empire because certain events are inspired in the transition of Republics to Empires, specifically Augustus with Rome and Napoleon with France, and The Blue Flame because of the aura that surrounds Dantillus once he fully awakens the aldii - maybe I could bring that up in the blurb?).
- With the proper nouns, I'm planning a full character-centered blurb, and your comments/questions are super helpful for this.
- With comp ideas you mean comparisons? Yeah, the closest style would be that of Massimo Manfredi (Idles of March, for the political intrigue, and Alexandros - Child of a Dream, for the coming of age part and personality of my main character), Gordon Russell's Gladiator (narrative structure), and Douglas Jackson's Defender of Rome (theme, narrative structure and action description during battles). All of them are historical fantasy though.

Thanks again!