Book description
Trouble is brewing in Syria, on the eastern frontier of the Roman
Empire. With the troops in a deplorable state, centurions Macro and Cato
are despatched to restore the competence of the cohort. But another
challenge faces them as Bannus, a local tribesman, is brewing up trouble
and preaching violent opposition to Rome. As the local revolt grows in
scale, Macro and Cato must stamp out corruption in the cohort and
restore it to fighting fitness to quash Bannus - before the eastern
provinces are lost to the Empire forever... The bestseller The
Gladiator is the ninth novel in Simon Scarrow's Roman series about Macro
and Cato, heroes of the Roman army. Other novels in the series include
the No. 1 bestseller Centurion, as well as Under The Eagle, The Eagle's
Conquest and The Eagle and the Wolves. Simon Scarrow is also the author
of a series of novels about the lives of the Duke of Wellington and
Napoleon Bonaparte. Young Bloods, The Generals and Fire and Sword have
been published to warm acclaim, and the final volume, Fields of Death,
will be published in 2010. To find out more about Simon Scarrow and his
novels, visit www. scarrow. co. uk.
