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Eletään keisari Marcus Aureliuksen aikoja, noin vuotta 170 jälkeen Kristuksen. Yksinäinen laiva matkustaa myrskyisällä Tyrrhenanmerellä kohti pohjoista. Myrsky ei kuitenkaan ole laivan kapteenin ja miehistön suurin murhe. Ruumassa kuljetetaan eläimiä, ja vapaaksi on päässyt eräs eriskummallinen yksilö, joka jättää jälkeensä kasan ruumiita.

Antiikin Kreikassa tapahtuu jotain ennenkuulumatonta runsas kaksisataa vuotta ennen ajanlaskun alkua. Ensimmäistä kertaa nainen kohoaa asemaan, jossa häntä palvotaan elävänä jumalana. Naisen nimi on Lanassa, ja hän on Sisilian prinsessa. Mutta kuinka Lanassa oikein päätyi tähän asemaan? Kuinka monta järjestettyä avioliittoa, menetettyä lasta ja valtataistelua hänen täytyi kokea ennen kuin hänet lukittiin saarelle jumalalliseen yksinäisyyteen? Kun Lanassa saa uuden palvelijattaren, hän kertoo vihdoin koskettavan tarinansa miesten hallitsemasta maailmasta.

The emperor has plans for gladiatorial games on a scale no one has ever seen before. But the games don’t just happen. They must be made. And Marcus, the man in charge of creating them, has just lost everything he held dear when Pompeii disappeared under the searing wrath of Vesuvius. Now it will fall to Althea, the slave woman who serves as his scribe, to ensure the Colosseum is inaugurated on time - and that Marcus makes his way out of the darkness that calls to him.

Ariadne, Tochter von König Minos und Schwester des Minotaurus, ist so ganz anders als ihre Geschwister. Aufgewachsen mit den griechischen Heldensagen, schwört sie sich, ihr Schicksal selbst in die Hand zu nehmen und es nicht den Göttern zu überlassen. Jedes Jahr beobachtet sie, wie das unterworfene Athen als Tribut 14 Jugendliche nach Kreta schickt, um den Hunger des Minotaurus zu stillen.

Some debts you cannot repay, even if you live forever. Seasoned imperial officer Marcus Sempronius Gracchus leads the 9th Roman Legion into a bloody battle against a fierce barbarian tribe. It's a battle he won't survive. When he awakens three days later, clawing his way from a shallow grave, Marcus must face the reality of his new existence. He will never see the afterlife...but that won't stop him from dying time and again over the next 2,000 years.

355 d.C. La stabilità dell'impero romano è minacciata su due fronti: i barbari che spingono sui confini e le lotte interne dei generali che mirano a proclamarsi imperatori. Costanzo ii, sul trono dell'impero d'Oriente, è ossessionato dalla paura di perdere il potere, e così ha creato una rete di spie per smascherare i suoi avversari. Victor è un ragazzo di umili origini che, reclutato tra le spie imperiali, viene incaricato di seguire come un'ombra il giovane Giuliano, destinato a diventare il prossimo Cesare di Gallia.

On the mist-shrouded Isle of Hibernia, now known as Ireland, 26 years have passed since the murder of the high king, Fiacha Finnolach. The usurper Elim of Ulster’s promises of peace and prosperity have come to naught, as drought and famine afflict the land. Across the Irish Sea, the Roman Governor of Britannia, Julius Agricola, is met with an intriguing proposition. Fiacha’s son, Tuathal Techtmar, born when his pregnant mother fled into exile, has grown to manhood. He seeks the aid of Rome in avenging his father and becoming High King of Hibernia.

For decades, the nation of Israel had no rest from her enemies. Yahweh plucks a king out of the tribe of Benjamin, the smallest of the tribes — Saul, son of a herdsman. Under the banner of the wolf, the symbol of his tribe, Saul rises to prominence, winning the hearts and minds of the people of Israel with his success on the battlefield and benevolent leadership. But when the nation of Israel cries out, “For the love of Israel. For the glory of Yahweh. For the honor of the king,” the praises of the people turn the humble heart of the warrior king into one filled with pride...

"La mirada de l'auriga", més enllà de la trama de la nissaga dinomènida i de l'entrellat d'unes atziagues morts familiars, és una novel·la tan breu com intensa i tan esbalaïdora com poètica. Abraça tota la història de la cèlebre escultura de Delfos, a partir dels records de l'auriga que va servir de model als escultors, en un temps en què el món grec estava en col·lisió amb els bàrbars perses i cartaginesos contra els quals els grecs clamaven "no podrem mai ser / si no som lliures", al·legoria palesa de l'actual conflicte català.

Los doce años de gobierno del emperador Lucio Aurelio Cómodo (180-192 d.C.) son muy desconocidos entre el gran público pero de enorme trascendencia en la historia de Roma. Es el último de los emperadores antoninos, la prodigiosa dinastía del s. II, el siglo de oro del Imperio, que comenzó con Nerva, Trajano, Adriano, Antonino Pío, Lucio Vero y Marco Aurelio, todos ellos excelentes gobernantes, para acabar con el calamitoso Cómodo, protagonista de esta historia, cuyo reinado el historiador británico Edward Gibbon consideraba el inicio de la decadencia de Roma.

Storpio, e per questo abbandonato dalla famiglia, lo spartano Talos sembra condannato a una vita da pastore e a non diventare mai un valoroso guerriero come l'intrepido fratello Brithos. Ma il destino è tortuoso e avvicina i due fratelli, che si troveranno fianco a fianco nella lotta contro gli invasori persiani.

En el apogeo de su carrera, Julio César ha sometido a sus enemigos y extendido el imperio hasta los confines del mundo conocido. Así pues, concentra sus energías en el bienestar de Roma y en afianzar su poder, consciente de las envidias que suscita. Muchos de quienes lo rodean consideran sus atribuciones de dictador una amenaza para la república. Entre ellos se encuentran el lujurioso Marco Antonio, el resentido Cayo Casio y el virtuoso Marco Bruto, todos en deuda con César, a quien odian en secreto.

Babylon, 323 BC: Alexander der Große ist tot. Er hinterlässt das größte und mächtigste Imperium, das die Welt je gekannt hat. Als er seinen letzten Atemzug tat, in einem Raum mit sieben Leibwächtern, benannte er keinen Nachfolger. Wer übernimmt nun die Macht, ohne einen rechtmäßigen Erben? Die Nachricht vom unerwarteten Tod des nur 33-jährig verstorbenen Herrschers verbreitet sich im Land, und ein skrupelloser Kampf um den Thron beginnt. Ein gefährliches Netz aus Intrigen und Lügen breitet sich aus. Allianzen werden geknüpft und gebrochen.

Only the determination of one man can bring victory. The Trojan War has been raging for ten years. Greece's greatest warriors have fallen. But then a series of oracles appear with utterances from the gods, commands that must be fulfilled if Troy is to be defeated. Agamemnon, leader of the Greeks, knows that only one man has the courage and intelligence to complete the Olympians' tasks: Odysseus, King of Ithaca.

42 г. н. э. Бесстрашный центурион Макрон, опытный солдат, закаленный в боях, находится в самом сердце Германии со Вторым легионом — гордостью римской армии. Катону, новому рекруту и недавно назначенному заместителю Макрона в кровопролитной схватке с местными племенами предстоит доказать справедливость этого назначения.

Brothers. Emperors. Deadly enemies... An unputdownable novel of intrigue and combat in Ancient Rome. Emperor Severus is on his deathbed. His sons Geta and Caracalla, feuding in Britannia, are readying for a devastating power struggle. Silus, now a centurion in the Arcani, the secrete network of spies and assassins, is thrown into the maelstrom. Back in Ancient Rome, plots breed in the stinking alleys. Everyone might be an enemy. Everyone a traitor. As an Imperial Assassin, Silus’ loyalty will be tested to breaking point.

A desolate wasteland. A mission gone wrong. An impossible goal. Roman scout, Silus, is deep behind enemy lines in Caledonia. As he spies on a raiding party, he is abruptly discovered by an enemy chief and his son. Mounting a one-man ambush, everything quickly goes wrong and Silus must run for his life, the head of the enemy leader in his hands. Little does he know the price he will pay... As Silus is inducted into the Arcani, an elite faction of assassins and spies, he must return to Caledonia and risk everything in the service of his Caesar.

The epic second Roman adventure in The Centurions series, perfect for fans of Simon Scarrow. Correus and Flavius, half brothers and rivals, have found the life of a Centurion to be a dangerous one. After imprisonment and torture, Flavius has found his strength and proven his mettle. Correus, son of a slave, has found glory on the battlefield. But now the brothers have been stationed to Wales, a land full of barbarians, mud and freezing rain. Here they must face the pain of lost love, the shame of lost battle, and the thrill of a new era for their beloved Rome. And in Wales awaits a princess that could change one of their lives forever.

The year is 500 AD. Sisters Isla and Blue live in the shadows of the Ghost City, the abandoned ruins of the once-glorious mile-wide Roman settlement Londinium on the bank of the River Thames. But the small island they call home is also a place of exile for Isla, Blue, and their father, a legendary blacksmith accused of using dark magic to make his firetongue swords—formidable blades that cannot be broken—and cast out from the community. When he dies suddenly, the sisters find themselves facing enslavement by the local warlord and his cruel, power-hungry son.

The final thrilling tale of the House of Appius Julianus. A new and deadly threat has emerged at the outskirts of the Roman Empire on the Danube, one that threatens to throw the entire region into chaos. Correus, risen to prefect of a cavalry ala on the border, and Flavius, advisor to the emperor, have both attempted to warn the erratic Domitian of the seriousness of this foe, but to no avail.