Legionary
Vengeance of the Last Roman Legion: Book 2 After the mighty Roman Legion Vindicta emerged out of the darkness from a 2,000-year hibernation in Gaul, Legatus Lucius Cassius Aquilius has at last returned to the land of his enemies, seeking revenge. But the world has changed. They are now the hunted and time is their deadliest enemy. The saga of Lucius Cassius begins in an olive orchard on the banks of the Tiber River. While his parents hope their only son will remain on the land, Lucius has only one ambition: He wants to be a legionary in the army of Emperor Augustus. Leaving his home and the only life he has known, Lucius travels to Rome where he is formally inducted into the army. From there he is taken to northern Gaul where he begins the four months of brutal training to become a legionary. When Lucius is finally permitted to don the armor of a legionary in the Eighteenth Legion, he joins his comrades on campaigns and battles across the region. In less than ten years Lucius has reach