Aulus Plautius

6 BCE–57

Aulus Plautius was the Roman general who led the invasion of Britain under Emperor Claudius in AD 43. His command marked the beginning of sustained Roman rule in southern Britain and made him a central figure in the first phase of Roman Britain’s conquest.

In Simon Scarrow’s The Eagle’s Conquest, Macro and Cato take part in the invasion commanded by Aulus Plautius as the legions force crossings and fight towards the tribal centre of resistance. In Simon Scarrow’s When the Eagle Hunts, a Druid faction captures the wife and children of the Roman commander Aulus Plautius and threatens to execute them unless its demands are met. Other novels featuring Aulus Plautius include Simon Scarrow’s Under the Eagle, Michael Arnold’s The River Warriors, and Michael Arnold’s The Hemlock Throne.

Historical context

Historical periods linked to Aulus Plautius

Roman Britain 43–410 CE

Series

Series featuring Aulus Plautius (4 series)

Eagles of the Empire in Order

by Simon Scarrow 24 books 4.5

Tyrant of Rome

4.6

Claudius Series in Order

by Robert Graves 2 books 4.4

The Claudius Series is Robert Graves’s two-volume fictional memoir of the Roman emperor Claudius and the Julio-Claudian dynasty. I, Claudius follows the imperial family from Augustus to Caligula through Claudius’s wary, observant voice, while Claudius the God covers his own reign and the forces that undermine it. Together…

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I, Claudius

4.4

Claudius the God

4.3

Roman Trilogy in Order

by Douglas Jackson 2 books 4.1

The Roman Trilogy follows Rufus, a young slave whose skill with animals brings him from the gladiatorial world into the dangerous centre of imperial power. In Caligula he becomes keeper of the emperor’s elephant and is caught among the conspiracies surrounding a ruler feared for cruelty and unpredictability.…

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Caligula

4.0

Claudius

4.3

Savage Isle in Order

by Michael Arnold 3 books 4.2

The Savage Isle series begins in AD 42, as the death of Cunobeline fractures the political order of southern Britain and Emperor Claudius prepares a Roman invasion. Cullen, an orphan of the Atrebates captured by the Catuvellauni, grows from vulnerable outsider into a warrior whose fate is tied…

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