Adrian Keith Goldsworthy
Author
Series
Publisher
Lamplight Audiobooks
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
AD 100. Flavius Ferox, Briton turned Roman centurion, is charged with keeping Rome's empire intact. But from his base at Vindolanda on the northern frontier of Britannia, he feels enemies closing in on him from all sides. Ambitious leaders await the chance to carve out empires of their own. While men nearer at hand speak in whispers of war and the destruction of Rome. And now new threats are reaching Ferox's ears. Stories about the boat-dwelling men...
4) Brigantia
Author
Series
Vindolanda volume 3
Publisher
Lamplight Audiobooks
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Flavius Ferox is the hardbitten centurion charged with keeping the peace on Britannia's frontier with the barbarian tribes of the north. Now he's been summoned to Londinium by the governor, but before he sets out an imperial freedman is found brutally murdered in a latrine at Vindolanda fort - and Ferox must find the killer. As he follows the trail, the murder leads him to plots against the empire and Rome itself, and an old foe gathering mysterious...
Author
Publisher
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Language
English
Description
'The Pax Romana' provided a remarkable period of peace and stability, rarely seen before or since. Yet the Romans were first and foremost conquerors, imperialists who took by force a vast empire stretching from the Euphrates in the east to the Atlantic coast in the west. They were aggressive and ruthless, and during the creation of their empire millions died or were enslaved. But the Pax Romana was real, not merely the boast of emperors, and some...
Author
Publisher
Phoenix
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Caius Julius Caesar remains the most famous Roman - and indeed one of the most famous people - ever to have lived. In this biography, Adrian Goldsworthy tells the story of a man who has inspired politicians, military leaders and philanderers throughout history.