{"product_id":"2940032841203","title":"City of the Legions.1. The Founding Father","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Latin history of events paint the Britons as uncivilized barbarians. Both sexes fought coated in little but blue dye. The annuals dismiss the Druid hierarchy that lasted for a thousand years.\u003cbr\u003eThe conquest did not happen in a month or a year, fifty years later the legions reached Orkney. Let no one pretend Britons are ever an easy prey.\u003cbr\u003eThese peoples lived closer to nature; slavery was part and parcel of life.\u003cbr\u003eEntertainments were violent and explicit. Romans killed without compunction, in Brittonic ceremonial ritual murder was deemed essential to appease their Gods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMistress Deva is never a saint. Her country is being overrun. She will use beauty and skill to assimilate in this new world order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCity of the Legions is a salacious warts and all saga of victor and vanquished in the European theater of experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI use The Roman camp of Castra Deva as a linchpin for a story of ambition, desire, and determination.\u003cbr\u003eThe backdrop is Imperial expansion. We shall dine with Emperors, witness Boudicca's fury and gain a taste of life in Rome.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2 we witness the opening of the Coliseum, bet on a race in the Circus Maximus.\u003cbr\u003eThe theme remains the lives of the family Aurelius and their assimilation with Deva Celts.\u003cbr\u003eDay one finds the Patrician family Aurelius suffering grievous times. We follow a migratory journey to the Eastern Empire and then turn West to follow the Roman Invasion of Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI paint it as it was not is.\u003cbr\u003eSuffering is good for the soul the Gods demand it.\u003cbr\u003eShould you enjoy the read, try the sequels as the saga moves onto the Norman era. and tell others.\u003cbr\u003eThere is no silver spoon sponsor providing publicity. A good word works wonders.\u003cbr\u003e'Those who are about to die salute you.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anthony A Roberts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47106445869296,"sku":"2940032841203","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940032841203_p0.jpg?v=1763950351","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940032841203","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}