Objectives are single-minded: Keep his head down save money get a promotion. Small farm in Gaul, and a roof over their heads. He needs to juggle the multiple debts left by hisįather, so that his brother and family can keep their Island outpost will afford him the breathing space Into this setting steps the harassed, impoverishedĪnd newly divorced Gaius Petrius Ruso, fresh off theīoat from Africa, newly appointed medicus to theĢ0th Legion. Payday (every 3 months), flirt with the native girls Sitting pretty without a lot to do except wait for Inhabitants of Scotland at bay, the Roman soldiers of the 20th Legion are Having divided and conquered the tribes ofīritannia and built Hadrian's Wall to keep the The Roman conquest of Britannia was completed about 30 yearsĮarlier, and the fall of the Roman empire won't beįor at least another 200 years. Novel is set in Roman Britain sometime early in theĢnd century AD. Ruth Downie has conjured an ancient world as raucous and real as our own
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