Marius Mules Xi

Author : S.J.A. Turney
Publisher : Victrix Books
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781723179549

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Marius' Mules XI by S.J.A. Turney Pdf

It is 48 BC and Caesar is master of Rome, but Pompey is at large in the huge recruiting grounds of the east with a core of powerful officers, nominally representing the senate in absentia. As the general deals with matters in the city his army gathers at the coast, waiting to cross the sea and fight that worst of all conflicts: civil war. This will be no easy campaign for Caesar and his officers. Fronto and Galronus, both preparing to join the campaign, know that they will face appalling odds right from the outset, for Pompey's immense navy controls the seas, and the force he has gathered in the east will dwarf that of Caesar, commanded by shrewd officers like the great Scipio and the turncoat Labienus. From the bitter Adriatic Sea to the mountains and valleys of the Balkans, Fronto and his men strive to stop Pompey and bring the war to an end, heading for a conflict the likes of which none have ever seen. Hades awaits the legions of Rome on the plains of Pharsalus.

Author : S.J.A. Turney
Publisher : S.J.A.Turney
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-03-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798379265120

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Marius' Mules XV: The Ides of March by S.J.A. Turney Pdf

The war in Gaul is over. The rebels are defeated. Now the battle for Rome has begun.

Author : S.J.A. Turney
Publisher : Victrix Books
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781546983194

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Marius' Mules X by S.J.A. Turney Pdf

The war in Gaul is over, but the fight for Rome is only just beginning. Denied his consulship by the senate and nearing the end of his term as governor, Caesar waits at Ravenna with one legion, making a last attempt at reconciliation. Threatened with prosecution if he returns to Rome, just one path is becoming clear: war against the senate. Fronto and Galronus are bound to the service of the Proconsul, facing a war against other Romans, and able neither to prevent nor avoid it. Caesar’s path to safety will take them the length of Italy, and to familiar old lands in southern Gaul and Spain, where their friends and family now wait, believing themselves safe from hostilities. With a new officer stirring up trouble, Pompey and the senate defying them, a father-in-law busily incriminating himself and powerful Roman generals consolidating positions against them, Fronto and his friend are bound for that worst of all conflicts: Civil War.

Author : S.J.A. Turney
Publisher : Victrix Books
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781516997862

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Marius' Mules VIII by S.J.A. Turney Pdf

51 BC. In the aftermath of the dreadful siege of Alesia the tribes of Gaul lie broken and sparse, and yet the fires of rebellion still burn in the hearts of a few. As Caesar and his army continue to pacify the land wherever revolt can be found, a new conspiracy is rising. Lucterius of the Cadurci, survivor of Alesia, seeks to raise a new great revolt, building an army in his homeland while a small group of dangerous warriors embark upon a secret and dangerous mission to rebuild all that was lost in that great siege. Meanwhile, Marcus Falerius Fronto tries to adjust to life as a wine merchant in Massilia, little suspecting that old friends and new will soon be fighting alongside him as the last great threat from Gaul is brought right to his door. The final battle for Gaul is about to begin.

Author : S.J.A. Turney
Publisher : Victrix Books
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798669886820

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Marius' Mules XIII by S.J.A. Turney Pdf

46 BC. Pompey is dead, Egypt is settled, and Rome is controlled by the loyal Marcus Antonius. As the new year looms, Rome’s greatest general and dictator Julius Caesar moves precipitously to take on the last stronghold of the rebel faction: Africa.Crossing against all advice in the middle of winter, with minimal forces and little forward planning, the campaign almost dies before it begins, legions scattered across the sea by vicious storms, the general putting ashore with just a single legion and his most trusted veteran commander: Marcus Falerius Fronto. But the war in Africa is no easy task. Scipio, Cato and Caesar’s one-time lieutenant Labienus have gathered an enormous force to counter him, and are prepared to fight to the death. With few troops, no supplies, little foreknowledge, and all the problems of a winter campaign, Fronto and Caesar face a monumental struggle, yet they know they must win for the prize in this campaign is nothing less than control of the republic itself. Rome hangs in the balance.

Author : S. J. A. Turney
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-16
Category : Gaul
ISBN : 1484136802

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Marius' Mules I by S. J. A. Turney Pdf

It is 58 B.C. and the mighty Tenth Legion, camped in Northern Italy, prepares for the arrival of the most notorious general in Roman history: Julius Caesar. Marcus Falerius Fronto, commander of the Tenth is a career soldier and long-time companion of Caesar's. Despite his desire for the simplicity of the military life, he cannot help but be drawn into intrigue and politics as Caesar engineers a motive to invade the lands of Gaul. Fronto is about to discover that politics can be as dangerous as battle, that old enemies can be trusted more than new friends, and that standing close to such a shining figure as Caesar, the most ethical of men risk being burned.

Author : S.J.A. Turney
Publisher : Victrix Books
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781537765433

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Marius' Mules IX by S.J.A. Turney Pdf

Author : John Maddox Roberts
Publisher : Minotaur Books
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2003-10-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429908320

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SPQR VI: Nobody Loves a Centurion by John Maddox Roberts Pdf

Julius Caesar, as we know, arrived in Gaul (now France) and announced "I Came, I Saw, I Conquered," but when Decius Metellus arrives from Rome, not seeking military glory but rather avoiding an enemy currently in power, he finds that although the general came and saw, so far, at least, he has far from conquered. The campaign seems at a standstill. Decius's arrival disappoints the great Caesar as well. He has been waiting for promised reinforcements from Rome, an influx of soldiers to restart his invasion. Instead he is presented with one young man ridiculously decked out in military parade finery and short on military skills, accompanied not by eager troops but by one callow and reluctant slave, the feckless Hermes. It soon develops, however, that Decius's arrival was fortuitous. When Vinius, the army's cruelest centurion (so-called because he commands a hundred soldiers), is found murdered, Caesar remembers that his new recruit has successfully come up with the culprit in a number of recent crimes. Murder is bad for morale, particularly since it seems quite clear that the murderer was one of Caesar's men. Caesar orders Decius to find the killer -- and quickly. Although evidence points to the son of one of Decius's clients -- a youth who was the particular target of the centurion's brutality, Decius racks his brain to find a way to save him from the sentence of death. The investigation leads Decius to two German slaves of the dead man -- a dwarfish old man and a beautiful woman. They are puzzling; the man is arrogant, the woman haughty--very unlike slaves. There are unanswered questions. It soon becomes clear to Decius that only by finding and punishing the real murderer will it be possible to quiet the rising dissatisfaction with Caesar's unorthodox method of warfare and forestall a mutiny against the mighty Caesar's authority and aims.

Author : S.J.A. Turney
Publisher : S.J.A.Turney
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798499084922

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Marius' Mules XIV: The Last Battle by S.J.A. Turney Pdf

The war in Africa is over and the rebel cause hangs by a thread. With opposition to Caesar now led by Labienus and by Pompey’s sons in Hispania, Caesar is one step from ending the civil war that has plagued Rome for years. Before the war can be pursued, though, Caesar has matters to attend to in Rome. And against a backdrop of glorious triumphs and civil friction, the general’s old warhorse Marcus Falerius Fronto begins to uncover a series of events that may have a cause in common. Investigation, however, is sidelined as necessity finally draws everyone across the sea to the crucible of war once again. In Hispania the clouds gather, for though the rebels may have been pushed into a corner, they are far from beaten. With the great name of Pompey and the tactical genius of Labienus on their side, Caesar must fight hard to win the day. Fronto and his friends must give all they have now, for the prize for this campaign is the ultimate one: the republic itself.

Author : Christopher Anthony Matthew
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009-12-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781443818131

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On the Wings of Eagles by Christopher Anthony Matthew Pdf

Gaius Marius (157-86B) was one of the most innovative and influential commanders of antiquity. With Marius in command of its legions, Rome prevailed on the battlefields of North Africa and defeated a two-pronged invasion of the Italian peninsula by 300,000 migrating Germanic tribesmen. The reason for this success was a series of five ground-breaking reforms through which Marius dramatically altered the demographics, recruitment, training and operation of the Roman army. In effect, Marius’ reforms changed the Roman military from a service of short-term militia into a professional standing army. This allowed Rome to use the military as an effective tool for military expansion and internal security and laid the foundations for the role of the Roman army for centuries to come. Many of these reforms, however, came at a cost to the stability of the state. This book charts the military implications of Marius’ reforms: what they were, why they were made, how they were made, and how they altered the functionality of the Roman military.

Author : S.J.A. Turney
Publisher : Victrix Books
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781484969137

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Marius' Mules V: Hades' Gate by S.J.A. Turney Pdf

54BC. As tensions build in Gaul and the druids manoeuvre the tribes towards general rebellion, Priscus and the diminishing senior staff of Caesar's army prepare to return to Britannia, this time with a vast army and a will to crush the tribes of that mysterious island. Meanwhile in Rome and with his ties to the general severed, Fronto contemplates a non-military future as he settles into the life of a married nobleman, socialising with Rome's elite and coming to terms with the decline in his fitness in recent months. In this year of rising troubles, Priscus will miss his former commander's presence more than ever, while Fronto will learn more than he wishes to of the great Pompey. With rebellious Gauls, defiant Britons, vengeful giants, veteran gladiators and dangerous criminals, Fronto is pushed to the limits, driving him to a decision he dreads and a battle for his very life at the steaming, hellish land of Hades' Gate.

Author : Hugo Grotius
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1814
Category : International law
ISBN : HARVARD:HW2HGU

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The Rights of War and Peace by Hugo Grotius Pdf

Author : S.J.A. Turney
Publisher : Victrix Books
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781480137349

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Marius' Mules IV by S.J.A. Turney Pdf

in 55 BC Caesar's army gathers in the north of Gaul, preparing to drive invading Germanic peoples from Gaul and traverse the dangerous northern sea to punish the tribes of Britannia for assisting Gaulish rebels.

Author : Lord Henry Home Kames
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1779
Category : Civilization
ISBN : OXFORD:400216244

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Sketches of the History of Man by Lord Henry Home Kames Pdf

Author : S.J.A. Turney
Publisher : Victrix Books
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781849238908

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Marius' Mules I by S.J.A. Turney Pdf

It is 58 BC and the mighty Tenth Legion, camped in Northern Italy, prepare for the arrival of the most notorious general in Roman history: Julius Caesar. Marcus Falerius Fronto, commander of the Tenth is a career soldier and long-time companion of Caesar's. Despite his desire for the simplicity of the military life, he cannot help but be drawn into intrigue and politics as Caesar engineers a motive to invade the lands of Gaul. Fronto is about to discover that politics can be as dangerous as battle, that old enemies can be trusted more than new friends as Caesar, even the most ethical of men risk being burned.