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bestselling author Simon Scarrow While centurions Macro and Cato are returning to Rome from a harrowing campaign against the Parthians their transport ship is a...
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bestselling author Simon Scarrow While centurions Macro and Cato are returning to Rome from a harrowing campaign against the Parthians, their transport ship is a...
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Advantages: Good battles that are fast and furious, character depth beyond anything ive read before. Disadvantages: onto the 8th book now, might be getting slightly same-y
I have read all 8 of SimonScarrows Roman Legion books and i would say this is definetly in the top 3! We have come to love Cato and Macro on their struggle through Gaul, Britain and Syria. For me the first two books were the best, its where we got to learn about Cato and Macro and their backgrounds, but now we see that Cato is no longer the scared boy he used to be, in many ways he is older than his veteran friend Macro.
Macro simply see's a battle as a brawl, but relies on Cato to be the brains of the operation. In this book we see the pair in a struggle agaisnt the Parthians, defending the city Palmyras, a key stronghold in a political struggle, and already in revolt. Macro and Cato mustdefend the city from both itself and the parthians.
I have read many Roman historical books and i find the way Scarrow distinguishes between ...
Advantages: best in all means Disadvantages: nothing
This movie then one i saw more than fifty to sixty times, this historic movie is based on the habit of having gladiators(actuallly the slave but brave men) to fight with the animals in larger galaries in anciant romen empire.Estimations are that there were more than 100 gladiator schools (ludi) throughout the empire. Two of the more famous are the school in Capua where Spartacus was trained and the school in Pompeii that was buried in the 79 AD eruption of Vesuvius. One of the largest schools was based in Ravenna. There were four schools in Rome: Ludus Magnus (the most important), Ludus Dacicus, Ludus Gallicus, and Ludus Matutinus (school for gladiators dealing with animals). The schools had barracks for the gladiators with small cells and a large training ground. The most impressive had seating for spectators to watch the men train ...
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Advantages: Superb historical fiction set in a tubulent time Disadvantages: None
I have struggled in recent years to find any new authors who can write a decent series of books in which characters develop, it was a struggle I should say until I brought SimonScarrow?s Centurion in 2008. Suddenly I had found an author who could write on a historical subject and really make it seem that he knew what he was writing about, and as a result I sought out the other seven books in the Eagle series. The first of these is ?Under the Eagle?.
Before I say more about this particular book, I will give some background information, as it may put some people off or it may intrigue people. The basis premise of the series of books is centred on the careers of Lucius Cornelius Macro and Quintus Licinius Cato. Macro is a centurion with some fifteen years service under the Roman Eagle standard, whilst Cato is the son of a released slave ...
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Product details
EAN
9780755327782
Type
Fiction
Genre
Thriller
Title
The Gladiator
Author
Simon Scarrow
Release Date
08-07-13
ISBN
755327780
Manufacturer's product description
The action-packed new novel featuring Roman army officers Macro and Cato from Sunday Times bestselling author Simon ScarrowWhile centurions Macro and Cato are returning to Rome from a harrowing campaign against the Parthians, their transport ship is almost capsized by a tidal wave. They barely make it to the port of Matala in Crete where they are stunned to find a devastated town. An earthquake has struck the island, destroying its cities and killing thousands. In the chaotic aftermath, large bands of the island's slaves begin to revolt and local bandits, taking advantage of the slave rebellion, urge the Cretans to overthrow the Roman administration. With many of the island's troops either killed or wounded during the earthquake, the governor of the province calls on Macro and Cato for help. Can they move swiftly enough to counter the rebellion before it sweeps the Romans from the island? About the AuthorSimon Scarrow is the very well-established author of the Roman adventure novels in the Eagle series. He lives outside Norwich.
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