TY  - BOOK
AU  - Scarrow,Simon
TI  - The blood of Rome
T2  - Eagles of the empire
SN  - 9781472258366 (hardback)
U1  - 823.92 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - London
PB  - Headline
KW  - Cato, Quintus Licinius
KW  - Macro, Lucius Cornelius
KW  - Rome
KW  - History
KW  - Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Army
KW  - Officers
KW  - Nero, 54-68
KW  - War fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Historical fiction
N1  - "The empire's military heroes face a deadly enemy" -- Cover
N2  - AD 55. As trouble brews on the eastern fringes of the Roman Empire, Prefect Cato and Centurion Macro must prepare for war... The wily Parthian Empire has invaded Roman-ruled Armenia, ousting King Rhadamistus. The King is ambitious and ruthless, but he is loyal to Rome. General Corbulo must restore him to power, while also readying the troops for war with Parthia. Corbulo welcomes new arrivals Cato and Macro, experienced soldiers who know how to knock into shape an undermanned unit of men ill-equipped for conflict. But Rhadamistus's brutality towards those who ousted him will spark an uprising which will test the bravery of the Roman army to the limit. While the enemy watches from over the border
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