ASIN: B0088N8TZ4
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 212
A military and economic line has been drawn across the neck of Britannia by the emperor Hadrian and behind it plough-teams of the wealthy take their agricultural riches from the island. Peace has brought prosperity and patrons with their clients settle down to meals of fine foods served in sumptuous rural villas: the economy thriving on its slave power.Yet who were the slaves in this incessant desire for status and greed? Julianus Falerius Silvanus, a veteran soldier, thought he had qualified to take his place at such a table but lacking the social skills to survive found himself being cheated out of his land by the elite that he could have died for. There were to be few appeals against corruption this far from Rome and it often drove men to take up the sword in anger. In this case Attius his son is left to complete the revenge.
