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180 AD. North of the Wall, Sarmatian warrior Kai and his adopted tribe, the Votadini, struggle for survival, cast into unfamiliar lands by Roman reprisals. When news arrives that an old enemy is in charge of the Votadini's hated foes, a confederation of tribes known as the Painted People, and has roused them to action, Kai heads south towards the Wall, hoping to ally with the Romans against this resurgent threat. Meanwhile, the Romans have heard tales of butchery and mayhem beyond the Wall.

In the hard, unforgiving land at the northernmost point of the Roman Empire lies a great wall. Once, the edge had been but a thing of thoughts and dreams, but one day the great Emperor from across the water had grown tired of such borders. So, a wall was raised from the earth at his command. From afar, it looked invincible. Yet every wall has its weaknesses—if one looks close enough. In its shadow gather five thousand fearsome soldiers. Men bred to fight and kill. The Sarmatians have suffered capture and defeat, but under a new command they are prepared to fight again.

The year is AD 316. Imperial persecution has officially ended. For the first time in history, the Roman emperor supports the church. But the fledgling faith’s future still hangs in the balance. Flavia, a Roman senator’s daughter, is sent from her convent by Bishop Sylvester to seek Emperor Constantine’s permission to determine the canon of scripture and build great churches where pagan temples once stood. But God’s enemies are on the move, and the path to the bishop’s goals is fraught with peril.

In the early days of the Roman Empire, the noble Etruscan civilization in Italy is waning, Vesi, a young Etruscan noblewoman, is violated by a renegade supernatural being. Outcast then from Etruria, Vesi bears Horatrim, a child who carries inexplicable knowledge and grows to manhood in only six years. But a savage Roman attack leaves Vesi unresponsive and Horatrim homeless and vulnerable, and he travels to Rome where his talents confound powerful businessman Propertius, who arranges to adopt Horatrim as a son, changing his name to Horatius.

Ankhesenamun finally has the Eye of Horus, although she has given up almost everything to secure it. She returns to Egypt to reclaim her throne and restore a more humane monarchy. But she underestimates the power of the Eye. It won’t be content with a queen. The Eye wants more. It wants everything. The only thing Ankhesenamun has left to give is herself.

Britannien, A. D. 51: Seit zehn Jahren kämpft das Römische Reich, um seine Herrschaft über die britannischen Stämme aufrecht zu erhalten. In dieser Situation ist es fatal, dass der größenwahnsinnige Kommandant Quertus einen grausamen Privatkrieg führt, der den Hass in Britannien weiter schürt. Mit seiner Kohorte der "Blutkrähen" richtet er tief im Feindesland wahre Massaker unter der Bevölkerung an. Nun liegt es an den beiden Kriegsveteranen Cato und Macro zu verhindern, dass das Land in einem Chaos versinkt.

Tödlicher Verrat im Herzen des römischen Imperiums Rom im Jahre 50 n. Chr.: Intrigen sind an der Tagesordnung, ein mysteriöser Geheimbund scheint alle Schaltzentralen der Macht unterwandert zu haben. Die Drahtzieher gehören offenbar zu den kampferprobten Prätorianern, der Leibgarde des Kaisers. Allein zwei mutigen Männern, die dem Imperium bis in den Tod treu ergeben sind, gelingt es, sich in die Prätorianergarde einzuschleusen: Präfekt Cato und Centurio Macro. Doch dann bringt sie ein alter Feind in Gefahr und die beiden müssen erneut zu den Waffen greifen.

Bernard Cornwell’s new novel, following the enormous success of his Arthurian trilogy (The Winter King, Enemy of God, and Excalibur) is the tale of three brothers and of their rivalry that creates the great temple. One summer’s day, a stranger carrying great wealth in gold comes to the...

Gewaltige Schlachten im Schatten der Pyramiden. Der ehemalige Gladiator Ajax wurde aus Kreta vertrieben und macht nun Ägypten unsicher. Seine Überfälle auf Flottenstützpunkte und Handelsschiffe stellen eine Bedrohung für die Stabilität des römischen Imperiums dar, da sich seine Männer als Römer ausgeben und so den Hass der Bevölkerung auf die Besatzungsmacht schüren. Die beiden erprobten Kämpfer Cato und Macro werden von Ägyptens Statthalter damit beauftragt, sich der 22. Legion anzuschließen und Ajax zur Strecke zu bringen, bevor das Land endgültig verloren ist.

Nadie puede permanecer indiferente ante la belleza de Alejandro, ni ante la grandiosidad de su imperio, que se extendió desde el Danubio hasta el Indo. Un hombre considerado como un dios por sus contemporáneos, de ardientes sueños y violentas pasiones, que le consumieron hasta finalmente destruirle. Su vida transcurrió en un mundo de leyenda. Esta es su historia.

In der Hitze des Hochsommers überquert Seft, ein begnadeter Feuersteinhauer, die Große Ebene, um den Ritualen beizuwohnen, die den Beginn des neuen Jahres anzeigen. Joias Vision von einem großen Steinkreis inspiriert Seft und wird zu ihrem gemeinsamen Lebenswerk. Doch als Dürre die Erde plagt, wächst das Misstrauen zwischen Hirten, Ackerbauern und Waldbewohnern - und eine grausame Gewalttat führt zu offenem Krieg.

Throughout the Roman Army, the brutal XIIth Legion is notorious for its ill fortune. For one young man, Demalion of Macedon, joining it will be a baptism of fire. And yet, amid all of the violence and savagery of his life as a legionary, he will come to love the Twelfth and the bloody-minded, dark-hearted soldiers he calls his brothers. But during the punishing Judaean campaign, the Hebrew army inflict a catastrophic defeat upon the legion - not only decimating their ranks, but taking away their soul - the eagle.

AD 69. The year of the four emperors. Three emperors have ruled in Rome this year and a fourth, Vespasian, has been named in the East. As the legions march toward civil war, Sebastos Pantera, the spy whose name means leopard, returns to Rome intent on bribery, blackmail and persuasion: whatever it takes to bring the commanders and their men to Vespasian's side. But in Rome, as he uses every skill he has ever learned of subterfuge, codes and camouflage, it becomes clear that one of those closest to him is a traitor who will let Rome fall to destroy him.

In the third volume of the critically acclaimed Marching with Caesar series, Titus Pullus and his friends in the 10th Legion are called on to serve as the agents of change as their general, Gaius Julius Caesar singlehandedly changes the Roman Republic to Empire.

After the bloody Battle of Jelling, Denmark’s throne lies empty and chaos reigns as Jarls jostle for power. Sven survives the bloodshed only to return home to find Ribe sacked by those he trusted and Charles, a pawn in a much bigger political game, kidnapped. Consumed by the loss of Charles, Sven is shocked by the arrival of the Abbess Hildegard, daughter of his nemesis King Louis of East Francia, who seeks the whereabouts of Charles, her son, and also the cross of Charlemagne.

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Welcome to 259 B.C. By law, all debts must be paid by the Ides of March. For men like them, sharp steel was the only acceptable currency. Unless something changed, one would emerge a winner and the other the guest of honor at a funeral. Blood payment might not have been the official objective. But it would not matter to an enraged Alerio Sisera as he clutched a gladius and held a temple voucher aloft.

Im ersten Jahrhundert nach Christus steht nur das kleine Königreich Palmyra zwischen dem römischen Imperium und seinem Erzfeind, dem Reich der Parther. Als die Parther in Palmyra einfallen, um eine Invasion vorzubereiten, werden die beiden Veteranen Macro und Cato mit der Aufgabe betraut, die scheinbar unbesiegbare Übermacht aufzuhalten.

Syrien, die östliche Grenze des Römischen Reichs, wird von Unruhen erschüttert. Doch die römischen Truppen sind untergraben von Korruption und Disziplinlosigkeit. Die Centurionen Macro und Cato sollen die Schlagkraft der Kohorten wiederherstellen. Unterdessen sät der Stammesführer Bannus den Hass gegen Rom. Die Revolten nehmen immer bedrohlichere Ausmaße an.

Cette œuvre est à la fois roman, histoire et poésie. En imaginant les Mémoires d'un grand empereur romain, l'auteur a voulu "refaire du dedans ce que les archéologues du XIXe siècle ont fait du dehors". Jugeant sans complaisance sa vie d'homme et son œuvre politique, Hadrien n'ignore pas que Rome finira un jour par périr, mais son réalisme romain et son humanisme hérité des Grecs lui font sentir l'importance de penser et de servir jusqu'au bout.