Death to the emperor / Simon Scarrow.
By: Scarrow, Simon.
Series: eagles of the Empire series: Publisher: London : Headline, 2023Description: 466 pages : illustration (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781472287168 (pbk.) :; 1472287169 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Cato, Quintus Licinius, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Macro, Lucius Cornelius, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Romans -- Great Britain -- Fiction | Historical | Historical | Historical adventure fiction | War & combat fiction | Historical fiction | Rome -- Army -- Officers -- Fiction | Great Britain -- History -- Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D. -- FictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction.Summary: AD 60. Macro and Cato - two battle-scarred heroes of the Roman army - face tribal uprisings and battles to the death with unmatched courage in barbaric Britannia. The hard-won province of Britannia is a thorn in the side of the Roman Empire, its tribes swift to anger, and relentless in their bloody harassment of the Roman military. Far from being a peaceful northern enclave, Britannia is a seething mass of bitter rebels and unlikely alliances against the common enemy. Corruption amongst greedy officials diverts resources from the locals who need them. For the military, it's a never-ending fight to maintain a fragile peace. Now it's time to quell the most dangerous enemy tribes. Two of Rome's finest commanders - Prefect Cato and Centurion Macro - are charged with a mission as deadly as any they have faced in their long careers. Can they win the day, or could this be the last battle?| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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Originally published: 2022.
AD 60. Macro and Cato - two battle-scarred heroes of the Roman army - face tribal uprisings and battles to the death with unmatched courage in barbaric Britannia. The hard-won province of Britannia is a thorn in the side of the Roman Empire, its tribes swift to anger, and relentless in their bloody harassment of the Roman military. Far from being a peaceful northern enclave, Britannia is a seething mass of bitter rebels and unlikely alliances against the common enemy. Corruption amongst greedy officials diverts resources from the locals who need them. For the military, it's a never-ending fight to maintain a fragile peace. Now it's time to quell the most dangerous enemy tribes. Two of Rome's finest commanders - Prefect Cato and Centurion Macro - are charged with a mission as deadly as any they have faced in their long careers. Can they win the day, or could this be the last battle?