under the eagle eagles of the empire 1 simon scarrow

When Cato is chosen by luck to be killed, Macro decides to give him a chance of survival by freeing him and the other to-be-killed men, and soon Cato finds a way to cast away the death sentence that hangs over him. Their cohort is then forced to carry out the horrible punishment of decimation, where one out of ten men is killed by his own partners.

The Eagle's Prey (2004): during what was expected to be the last fight of the invasion of Britain, a tactical mistake by Macro and Cato's commander provokes a near catastrophe that allows Caractacus to escape alive.

However, rebellion seems near among the Atrebates, as its king is old, and a conspiracy looks forward to his death in order to cease the Atrebate's collaboration with Rome.

The Eagle and the Wolves (2003): as the campaign in Britain continues, Macro and Cato are tasked with training an army formed by people of the allied Atrebate kingdom, so that they can help protect the supply trains that feed General Plautius' army.

Macro and Cato present themselves voluntaries for the task of rescuing the family, but the constant war and reluctance of most natives to collaborate makes it a race against time before they are sacrificed.

When the Eagle Hunts (2002): the Roman army general Plautius' family are shipwrecked in a storm as they came to Britain, and are captured by a brutal sect of Druids that demands the hand-over of several members of their brotherhood that have been imprisoned.

Vespasianus, the Second Legion legatus, has to deal with his wife's links to a group that wants to restore the Republic, while Cato has to deal with his first love, and a conspiracy is readying itself to kill Emperor Claudius, who is coming to visit Britain in order to lead the victory over the natives. The Britons under Caractacus have fortified the city of Camulodunum, and it is the task of the Legions to trap and defeat the Britons. The Eagle's Conquest (2001): the conquest of Britain continues.After some fighting against barbarian troops, the Second Legion is sent to Britain, where Macro and Cato will have to find a coffer lost during Julius Caesar's earlier invasion of Britain. Under The Eagle (2000): Cato arrives to the Second Legion, posted in Germania, and meets veteran centurion Macro.Its main characters are legionaries Lucius Cornelius Macro and Quintus Lucinius Cato, who become involved in a great number of conspiracies that only affect them because they are either the Right Men In The Wrong Place or because they are ordered to fulfill a certain mission.

The Eagle Series is a series of historical novels by Simon Scarrow that take place in The Roman Empire, to be exact in the times of Emperor Claudius.

Under the eagle eagles of the empire 1 simon scarrow