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Read about how we’ll protect and use your data in our Privacy Notice. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. The tale starts off with Cato and Macro escorting Queen Boudica of the Iceni towards Londinium to renew her pledge to Rome and its Governor Suetonius, after the death of her husband King Prasutagus of the Iceni, when during that voyage she's robbed of her tribute to Rome by some Roman bandits. The second volume, The Generals, was released on 31 May 2007 and the third volume Fire and Sword was released in January 2009.

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The books cover the experiences of the two soldiers, initially as experienced centurion and new optio, in battles in Germania and the invasion of Britain by Claudius as part of the Legio II Augusta. On the other hand, Cato is just a teenager, who previously grew up as a slave in the Imperial Palace. He is aware of the risks involved in the mission, but does not fear about the outcome as he has already been involved in a number of missions like this in his battle-scarred career. I fell in love with this series about our man Macro and Cato, wonderful stories that pull you right in to what must have happened in Rome and it’s surrounding provinces.

Cato is in his teen years, grew up in the Imperial Palace as a slave, and at the start of the series joins the Eagles as Macro's Optio. We all know how the uprising played out through historical accounts but will our Roman heroes live through the revolt?

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The data controller is Headline Publishing Group Limited. His books - which have sold over 5 million copies - include his Eagles of the Empire novels featuring Roman soldiers Macro and Cato, most recently DEATH TO THE EMPEROR, THE HONOUR OF ROME, THE EMPEROR'S EXILE and TRAITORS OF ROME, as well as DEAD OF NIGHT and BLACKOUT, the first two novels in the Criminal Inspector Schenke thriller series, and many more. Macro, a veteran with nearly 15 years' service (at the start of the first novel) in the Roman Army, has recently been appointed to the Centurionate. This book is set during the years AD 60/61, with Cato at one end and Macro at the other end of Britannia.

Each novel pulls back the curtain of time and reveals more about the people and cultures of the ancient world.

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They are first described as taking part in the battle in Germania and against the invasion of the Britishers by Claudius. He gains tremendous inspiration for writing his novels while walking with his dogs around the ruins of the Roman town situated on the outskirts of Norwich. To read more about the site or if you want a graphic to link to us, see the about page for more details.The books featured on this site are aimed primarily at readers aged 13 or above and therefore you must be 13 years or over to sign up to our newsletter. Two of Rome’s finest commanders – Prefect Cato and Centurion Macro – are charged with a mission as deadly as any they have faced in their long careers.

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citation needed] His works have been translated into over twenty languages and have sold several million copies. After that, they take up a mission which is full of conspiracies and threatens to endanger the life of the Emperor. One of the protagonists Quintus Licinius Cato has just arrived as the new young recruit in the Second Legion, which is considered as the toughest Roman Army.

The hard-won province of Britannia is a thorn in the side of the Roman Empire, its tribes swift to anger, and relentless in their bloody harassment of the Roman military. He is best known for his Eagles of the Empire series of Roman military fiction set in the territories of the Roman Empire, covering the second invasion of Britain and the subsequent prolonged campaign undertaken by the rump of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.