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The City

by Adrian Goldsworthy Book 2 in the City of Victory series.

First published 2022

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Nicopolis, AD 114. Ferox is sent to the eastern frontier while a Roman army lays siege to a city beyond the empire’s normal limits. He remains tied to Hadrian’s service and carries the burden of a suspended death sentence after earlier violence within the army.

The siege reveals corruption and competing ambitions among officers who are meant to serve the same emperor. Ferox must identify traitors before the army breaks itself against the city walls, while deciding whether Hadrian’s orders protect the empire or advance his own future.

Historical Periods

Five Good Emperors96–180 CE Trajan’s Parthian War114–117 CE

Genres

Court & Political Fiction War Fiction

Historical people

Hadrian76–138 Trajan53–117

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