Caesar’s Soldier

by Alex Gough

Book 1 in the The Mark Antony Series series.

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Rome and the eastern Mediterranean, 63–50 BCE. The young Mark Antony sees his stepfather Lentulus Sura executed for involvement in Catiline’s conspiracy, a family loss that fixes his hostility towards Cicero and senatorial justice. Years of debt and disorder are followed by military service under Aulus Gabinius.

Campaigns in Judaea and the restoration of Ptolemy XII in Egypt teach Antony cavalry command and the value of powerful patrons. He then joins Julius Caesar in Gaul, beginning the alliance that will carry him from provincial warfare into the final political struggles of the Republic.

Historical periods

Gallic Wars Catilinarian Conspiracy

Genres

Biographical Fiction Court & Political Fiction Historical Sagas War Fiction

Historical people

Pompey106–48 BCE Julius Caesar101 BCE–45 BCE Mark Antony83–30 BCE Cicero107 BCE–44 BCE Aulus Gabiniusdied 47 BCE Ptolemy XII Auletesc. 117–51 BCE Publius Cornelius Lentulus Surac. 114–63 BCE