The Roman legions marched to fight distant wars. People, abandoned by the military, tried to live as before but their enemies saw weakness and invaded, attacked towns and cities, stole cattle, set... More > fire to crops, slaughtered young and old alike and took the rest as slaves. Small groups survived, but with dwindling food supplies they faced death from starvation in the coming winter. Retired soldiers and their families find safety in an old cavalry fort. Refugees join them, including a village headman and a brewer and his daughter.
The soldiers want to maintain the Empire's rules until the legions return; the village chief has lost all confidence in the protection of Rome and seeks safety in a new settlement in the hills. The brewer's daughter cannot consider a future while her boyfriend remains a slave in a remote land.
They know the raiders will return. To survive, they must resolve their differences, work together and fight back against their enemies.< Less
In the early years of the first century AD, a small group of Roman
citizens conspires with a barbarian tribe to conquer an entire
province of the Roman Empire.
Crushed by their defeat at the hands... More > of the traitors, the soldiers
who fought so bravely to defend their homeland have retired to
relative obscurity.
When word comes that the barbarians have more in mind than
the simple conquest of one province of the Empire, it is up to
those few soldiers that remain to rebel and overthrow their new
rulers.
Under the command of their former General, Marcus Ulpius, an
uprising gathers.
The Fallen Legion has risen to reclaim what is
theirs.< Less
In the early years of the first century AD, a small group of Roman
citizens conspires with a barbarian tribe to conquer an entire
province of the Roman Empire.
Crushed by their defeat at the hands... More > of the traitors, the soldiers
who fought so bravely to defend their homeland have retired to
relative obscurity.
When word comes that the barbarians have more in mind than
the simple conquest of one province of the Empire, it is up to
those few soldiers that remain to rebel and overthrow their new
rulers.
Under the command of their former General, Marcus Ulpius, an
uprising gathers.
The Fallen Legion has risen to reclaim what is
theirs.< Less
This is the story of a squad of eight Roman soldiers.
There are no Generals vying for high office,or heroes that have super powers, there are no beautiful women or romance.Just rank and file... More > soldiers, recruited from the slums and the countrysides of the Roman Empire,they have signed on,took the oath, and now have to serve for the next twenty years beneath the Eagle.
This is their story.
Follow them as they march.set camp, argue, and gamble.
as their Legion marches towards the borders and war with the Barbarians...
I have made the battle scenes as realistic as possible as are the weapons, ranks, and known tactics
There are violent scenes, bad language throughout, and a scene of Rape and brutality
A full glossary is included< Less
THE FIRST MULTIMEDIA E-BOOK WITH ORIGINAL MUSIC SOUNDTRACK, ABOUT THE ASTONISHING NINTH LEGION. The book narrates the beginning of Hadrianus Domitius Martius’s military career. As a mere boy,... More > and a citizen of the Roman Empire, he enlisted in the Roman army like many others in the year 811 Ab Urbe Condita and became a legionnaire ready to fight to death for the honour and strength of Rome. Throughout the story, he transforms into a fierce warrior marked by historical events. Tales are told of soldiers,imperial commanders and civilians following the Roman garrisons, as well as the hardships of living in both urban and country settlements. The plot is an engaging mixture between reality and fiction, heroism and cowardice, which will make the reader experience this great venture through the eyes of those who lived it. Note: Together with the novel is available(free of charge download)its music soundtrack, composed exactly to suit the story chapter after chapter making the story itself more and more engaging.< Less
THE FIRST MSB (Music Soundtrack Book) WITH ORIGINAL MUSIC SOUNDTRACK, ABOUT THE NINTH LEGION. The book narrates the beginning of Hadrianus Domitius Martius’s military career. As a mere boy, and... More > a citizen of the Roman Empire, he enlisted in the Roman army like many others in the year 811 Ab Urbe Condita and became a legionnaire ready to fight to death for the honour and strength of Rome. Throughout the story, he transforms into a fierce warrior marked by historical events. Tales are told of soldiers,imperial commanders and civilians following the Roman garrisons, as well as the hardships of living in both urban and country settlements. The plot is an engaging mixture between reality and fiction, heroism and cowardice, which will make the reader experience this great venture through the eyes of those who lived it. Note: Together with the novel is available(free of charge download)its music soundtrack, composed exactly to suit the story chapter after chapter making the story itself more and more engaging.< Less
THE FIRST MULTIMEDIA E-BOOK WITH ORIGINAL MUSIC SOUNDTRACK, ABOUT THE ASTONISHING NINTH LEGION.
The book narrates the beginning of Hadrianus Domitius Martius’s military career. As a mere boy,... More > and a citizen of the Roman Empire, he enlisted in the Roman army like many others in the year 811 Ab Urbe Condita and became a legionnaire ready to fight to death for the honour and strength of Rome. Throughout the story, he transforms into a fierce warrior marked by historical events.
Tales are told of soldiers,imperial commanders and civilians following the Roman garrisons, as well as the hardships of living in both urban and country settlements.
The plot is an engaging mixture between reality and fiction, heroism and cowardice, which will make the reader experience this great venture through the eyes of those who lived it.
Note: Together with the novel is available(free of charge download)its music soundtrack, composed exactly to suit the story chapter after chapter making the story itself more and more engaging.< Less
THE FIRST MULTIMEDIA E-BOOK WITH ORIGINAL MUSIC SOUNDTRACK, ABOUT THE ASTONISHING NINTH LEGION. The book narrates the beginning of Hadrianus Domitius Martius’s military career. As a mere boy,... More > and a citizen of the Roman Empire, he enlisted in the Roman army like many others in the year 811 Ab Urbe Condita and became a legionnaire ready to fight to death for the honour and strength of Rome. Throughout the story, he transforms into a fierce warrior marked by historical events. Tales are told of soldiers,imperial commanders and civilians following the Roman garrisons, as well as the hardships of living in both urban and country settlements. The plot is an engaging mixture between reality and fiction, heroism and cowardice, which will make the reader experience this great venture through the eyes of those who lived it. Note: Together with the novel is available(free of charge download)its music soundtrack, composed exactly to suit the story chapter after chapter making the story itself more and more engaging.< Less
