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001 ocn910606302
003 OCoLC
008 150508s2015 enkb 000 f eng
020 9781848094048|q(hbk.)
020 1848094043
020 9781848094055
020 1848094051
041 eng
082 04 823.92|223
092 0 Roman|bengelska
100 1 Kane, Ben,|eauthor
245 10 Eagles at war /|cBen Kane
264 1 London :|bPreface,|c2015
264 4 |c©2015
300 420 pages :|bmaps ;|c24 cm
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
490 1 Eagles of Rome series
500 Maps on cover linings and endpapers
520 In the summer of 9 CE, Publius Varus, the Roman governor
of Germania, and Lucius Tullus, a centurion garrisoned on
the Rhine, march east with three legions. As they prepare
to return to their winter quarters, they are lured off the
road and ambushed by German warriors. The Germans are led
by Arminius, a chieftain who is a trusted ally of Rome -
and a man who has been secretly planning to betray the
empire since childhood. Trapping Varus' legionaries
between a hillside and a marsh, and thereby preventing
them from forming up or using their artillery, Arminius
and his warriors wreak a terrible slaughter. The Roman
defeat is overwhelming, but it is not until the third day
of the massacre that the scale of Arminius' victory
becomes clear. Three legions, upwards of fourteen thousand
men have been annihilated, and three treasured Eagle
standards have been lost. Just a few hundred legionaries,
including Tullus, manage to escape. Nor is the survivors'
ordeal over. Pursued to the last Roman fort east of the
Rhine, they are besieged by thousands of bloodthirsty
tribesmen. Only the gods can save them now ..
611 07 Teutoburger Wald, Battle of (Germany : 9 A.D.)|2fast
650 0 Teutoburger Wald, Battle of, Germany, 9 A.D|vFiction
650 4 Soldiers - Rome - Fiction
650 4 Rome - Army - Fiction
651 7 Germany|zTeutoburg Forest
655 7 Fiction.|2fast
655 7 Historical fiction.|2fast
655 7 Historiska skildringar|2saogf
800 1 Kane, Ben.|tEagles of Rome
907 00 190416
