Legionary

This is a story of some friends in the legions of Rome fighting the Spanish under Caesar Agustus. The book starts with a decimation (troops killing 1 out of 10 of their own century drawn at random) for running in the face of the enemy without orders to withdraw. There is a lot of good in this; most o......more

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When we meet Quintus it is his first time at a cowards ceremony and he watches Augustus one of his mentors and a good man pick the white stone but because most respect him his death will be quick and painless. As for those who pick the white stone that were also the cause of needing the ceremony the......more

Good start to Roman Historical Series Thoroughly enjoyed Book 1 of the Quintus series. The use of apostrophe rather than quotation marks to set off dualogue was jarring at first, and the firmer English teacher in me almost gave up in chapter one. I pushed thru and eventually accepted the author's non......more

geographically challenging In the final scenes (spoiler alert) they sail from Brigantia (Corruna) eastwards along the coast of Spain. Then after one night they get caught in a storm for a few hours and then find themselves on the coast of Britain. They must have been doing about 80 knots! Otherwise th......more