The Sword and the Throne

Reeks: The Aulus Severus Adventures

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  • As
  • Rome
  • enters
  • the
  • Year
  • of
  • the
  • Four
  • Emperors,
  • a
  • soldier
  • marches
  • into
  • the
  • crucible
  • of
  • battle
  • to
  • meet
  • his
  • uncertain
  • fate
  • in
  • the
  • sequel
  • to
  • The
  • Last
  • Caesar.Rome,
  • 69
  • AD:
  • In
  • the
  • bloody
  • contest
  • for
  • control
  • of
  • Rome,
  • Aulus
  • Caecina
  • Severus
  • has
  • thrown
  • in
  • his
  • lot
  • with
  • the
  • hedonistic
  • military
  • commander
  • Vitellius.
  • Now
  • he
  • must
  • prepare
  • his
  • legions
  • for
  • a
  • grueling
  • march
  • over
  • the
  • Alps.Severus
  • leads
  • his
  • army
  • against
  • barbarian
  • rebellions
  • and
  • the
  • tough
  • mountain
  • passes
  • in
  • his
  • race
  • to
  • reach
  • Italy
  • before
  • his
  • rival
  • Valens.
  • With
  • the
  • Po
  • valley
  • almost
  • in
  • sight,
  • news
  • comes
  • that
  • Emperor
  • Galba
  • has
  • been
  • killed
  • in
  • a
  • coup,
  • and
  • that
  • Otho
  • has
  • been
  • declared
  • Emperor
  • by
  • the
  • Praetorians.But
  • there
  • is
  • no
  • turning
  • back
  • for
  • Severus:
  • the
  • Rhine
  • legions
  • want
  • their
  • man
  • on
  • the
  • throne,
  • leading
  • Severus
  • down
  • a
  • dark
  • path.
  • Politics
  • is
  • the
  • new
  • battleground,
  • and
  • Severus
  • needs
  • the
  • help
  • of
  • his
  • wife
  • Salonina
  • and
  • his
  • freedman
  • Totavalas
  • if
  • he
  • wants
  • to
  • survive.
  • And
  • as
  • a
  • new
  • power
  • emerges
  • in
  • the
  • east,
  • Severus
  • must
  • decide
  • where
  • his
  • true
  • loyalty
  • lies
  • .
  • . .
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