To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The hard-won province of Britannia is a thorn in the side of the Roman Empire, its tribes swift to anger, and relentless in their bloody harassment of the Roman military. Cato is in his teen years, grew up in the Imperial Palace as a slave, and at the start of the series joins the Eagles as Macro's Optio.

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Asked by the Edinburgh Book Review about the inspiration behind his interest in the Roman era, Scarrow said, "Firstly, great Latin teachers – Gordon Rodway and then Reg Nash, who inspired a love of the language and more enduringly a fascination with Roman history and culture. J. Andrews) [ edit ] Also acts as something of a prequel to the Eagle series as it features an earlier appearance of both characters Macro and Narcissus. Macro, a veteran with nearly 15 years' service (at the start of the first novel) in the Roman Army, has recently been appointed to the Centurionate. One of the protagonists Quintus Licinius Cato has just arrived as the new young recruit in the Second Legion, which is considered as the toughest Roman Army. citation needed] He has been awarded two prizes for his fiction and counts the King of Jordan as one of his fans.

Each novel pulls back the curtain of time and reveals more about the people and cultures of the ancient world. Macro and Cato - the bravest and the best of the Roman Empire's military forces - face the fierce tribes of Britannia and a dangerous new enemy: Boudica. The first book in the quartet starts in 1769, and follows the two young men through their youth and on to their military careers. The following are books which are either stand-alone novels or have yet to be confirmed as parts of a series.

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The books cover the experiences of the two soldiers, initially as experienced centurion and new optio, in battles in Germania and the invasion of Britain by Claudius as part of the Legio II Augusta. The Eagle Series written by him is based on the Roman Military fiction and is set in the fictional territories of the Roman Empire.

The time spent by Simon Scarrow in the Officer Training Corps, has inspired him to do the earthy descriptions of the characters.

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The data controller is Headline Publishing Group Limited. With the aim of attracting more readers, the publishers of the series had decided to drop the word Eagle from the title of the series in the year 2007. The first novel of the series was titled ‘Under The Eagle’, which was published in the year 2000 by the Headline publishing house.p>

Read about how we’ll protect and use your data in our Privacy Notice. The Eagle Series written by Simon Scarrow is based on the life of the two main protagonists, Lucius Cornelius Macro and Quintus Licinius Cato, often referred to as Macro and Cato.

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Scarrow cites the inspiration for his 'earthy' characters as being from his time in the Officer Training Corps. He is best known for his Eagles of the Empire series of Roman military fiction set in the territories of the Roman Empire, covering the second invasion of Britain and the subsequent prolonged campaign undertaken by the rump of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. In 2021, Scarrow authored an immersive audiovisual walking tour for the Roman Colosseum entitled Blood and Sand on the BARD EUM mobile app. Other than the Eagle Series, Simon has also written a few other notable novel series’ including the Revolution series, which is based on Napoleon and Wellington. This is the 30th book, but considering Alex has survived "Kill Alex Cross" before, chances are he survives this one.The main historical event described in the series is the second invasion of Britain in the Roman Empire and the resulting campaign undertaken by the Julio-Claudian dynasty to resist the Britishers from doing so.