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The gripping new Cato and Macro adventure in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Eagles of the Empire series, not to be missed by readers of Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell. It is AD 55. As trouble brews on the eastern fringes of the Roman Empire, Tribune Cato and Centurion Macro must prepare for war...

"Jealousy is but one road to the preordained," Hektor offered. "Are you a seer, now?" Alerio challenged. "No, sir. I'm a youth who worries about how you're being treated." "Colonel, we're all apprehensive about what fate their jealousy is driving you towards," Centurion Pelle added. "I've sworn a Tribune's Oath to a God and a General," Alerio informed them. He tugged the crested helmet down over his head before saying. "We can sit with bowls of camp stew and talk about our feelings later. Right now, I have a battle to win." Welcome to 255 B.C.

Rom, A.D. 55: Das mächtige Persische Reich fällt in das von Rom regierte Armenien ein. König Rhadamistus, bei aller Härte loyal gegenüber Rom, wird nach blutigen Kämpfen vom Thron gestoßen. Nun obliegt es seinem General Corbulo, den Kampf gegen die persischen Eindringlinge zu führen. Präfekt Cato und Centurio Macro springen Corbulo bei. Die zahlenmäßig unterlegene Schlagkraft der armenischen Krieger müssen Cato und Macro mit Tapferkeit und ihrem strategischen Geschick ausgleichen: Es beginnt ein gewaltiger Kampf um Leben und Tod.