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Sons of Rome
Book 1 in the Rise of Emperors series.
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At the end of the third century, Diocletian attempts to stabilise the Roman Empire by dividing authority among four rulers. During the announcement of the new order at Treverorum, the young Constantine and Maxentius meet and begin a friendship within a court dominated by succession, military reputation and family bargaining.
As the boys become soldiers and political heirs, the Tetrarchy’s apparent order gives way to mistrust and competing claims. Their parallel rise shows how personal affection is gradually reshaped by the demands of fathers, emperors and armies until each sees the imperial purple within reach.
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