Lightning Source Books The Borders of Rage 憤怒的邊界: 一部晚期羅馬帝國小說

“Numidianus career illustrates major turning points in the history of the Roman empire. While this book does not cover major armed conflicts like the disaster of Mursa, the political conflicts are fascinating and inform on current events. The nature of human motivations are immutable.” — Anthony Pontecorvo

 

While waiting to escort the Constantine fiancée of Emperor Gratian to marriage in Treverorum, spy boss Marcus Numidianus witnesses the murder of a Quadi king attending an official Roman banquet. A revenge attack on Constantia Postuma's nuptial cortège is a warning that the policy of Gratian’s father, Emperor Valentinian, to beef up the Danube’s defenses is only inflaming barbarian savagery.

 

The ageing Valentinian is also juggling too many would-be successors at court. He longs for one impartial advisor and Marcus finds himself jockeying between the factions slavering for control over the western Roman Empire. When sudden disaster strikes, Marcus plays the political game of his career so that the legitimate heir might prevail—but the veteran spy’s tactics cost him dearly.

 

Packed with action and intrigue, the Embers of Empire series takes the reader into the Valentinian Dynasty of the late 4th century. Recruitment into the agentes-in-rebus intelligence service takes freedman Marcus Gregorianus Numidianus across the vast Roman Empire—from his birthplace in Roman North Africa to the wilds of the disputed Rhine border, the eunuch-ridden court of Antiochia, and the bloody battlefields of Pannonia. 

 

This is the Roman Empire in its final decades of glory, a world of rising Christian influence, Roman officers of barbarian blood, and competing capitals eclipsing a powerless Eternal City. Includes maps, Latin glossaries, and rich historical notes with bibliography on Western Rome's final half-century before irrevocable barbarian incursions signaled the embers of a dying empire.

 

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• Edition : -
• Binding : paperback
• ISBN : 9782970108474
• Publication Date : 2023/10/24

 

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