Britain, AD 60. Macro and Cato are serving in the province when Boudica’s uprising destroys Roman settlements and overwhelms isolated garrisons. As rebel forces gather and civilians flee, the officers are separated and forced to improvise with limited troops. The revolt turns years of occupation into a struggle for survival, while Nero’s government expects its commanders to preserve the province regardless of the cost to soldiers and inhabitants.
Boudica’s revolt turns Roman infrastructure against the occupiers. Roads and settlements that had supported provincial control now channel refugees, rebel forces and news of atrocities across the province. Macro and Cato confront a war in which restoring order means surviving the consequences of earlier Roman expropriation and abuse, not merely defeating an enemy army.
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