Egypt has fallen to Octavius's legions. Cleopatra Ptolemy and Antonius are dead by their own hands – the long civil wars are over and now his mind turns to the conquest of the barbarians of Moesia and the capture of the Danube, and completing the two centuries old conquest of Hispania.
But Octavius’ position is far from secure. The renegade legate of the III Aegyptus, still loyal to Antonius, Titus Eximius has escaped, his course set on Octavius' destruction; he turns to the Barbarians of Moesia to raise an Army to march against Octavius. Meanwhile, in Rome, treachery and conspiracy is growing in the Senate, led by Fannius Caepio.
Amidst these dangers, Calvinus sends his young protégé, Prefect Sabinus Maximo Cerialis, (son of the infamous Bastard of the Aventine, First Centurion of the V Macedonica Nepos Maximo) to hunt Titus Eximius down and kill him and the pursuit begins across the empire, to its ultimate climax in bloody fields of war-torn Moesia…
But Octavius’ position is far from secure. The renegade legate of the III Aegyptus, still loyal to Antonius, Titus Eximius has escaped, his course set on Octavius' destruction; he turns to the Barbarians of Moesia to raise an Army to march against Octavius. Meanwhile, in Rome, treachery and conspiracy is growing in the Senate, led by Fannius Caepio.
Amidst these dangers, Calvinus sends his young protégé, Prefect Sabinus Maximo Cerialis, (son of the infamous Bastard of the Aventine, First Centurion of the V Macedonica Nepos Maximo) to hunt Titus Eximius down and kill him and the pursuit begins across the empire, to its ultimate climax in bloody fields of war-torn Moesia…
