TY - BOOK AU - Ross,Ian TI - Battle for Rome T2 - Twilight of empire SN - 9781788542753 U1 - 823.92 23 PY - 2018/// CY - London PB - Head of Zeus KW - Constantine, KW - Maxentius, Marcus Aurelius Valerius, KW - Romans KW - Europe, Western KW - Fiction KW - Rome KW - History KW - Constantines, 306-363 KW - Historical fiction KW - lcgft N1 - First published in 2015 N2 - The Roman Empire is on the brink of civil war. Only Maxentius, tyrant of Rome, stands between the emperor Constantine and supreme power in the west. Aurelius Castus is now a tribune in Constantine's army. But great honour brings new challenges. Castus is tormented by suspicions that his young wife has been unfaithful. And as Constantine becomes increasingly devoted to Christianity, he is forced to ask himself whether he is backing the wrong man. The coming war will decide the fate of empire. But Castus's own battle will carry him much further ER -