Marching With Caesar: Avenging Varus Part I

“Is it true?” With these words, Giulia Livinius Volusenus knows her son’s world has been turned upside down with the revelation that the respected Roman Centurion, Titus Pullus, is his father. Even worse, Giulia knows that Gnaeus’ newfound knowledge means that her former, and recently reunited, lover is dead. Now everything Gnaeus Volusensus previously thought to be true about himself is to be questioned and revised. He has decisions to make that will affect his future and that of his yet-to-be-born children. There are also new Pullus relatives who bring with them a whole host of challenges, and threats.Meanwhile, with the mutinies by the Legions on the Rhine and in Pannonia finally quelled, Rome’s new Emperor Tiberius has turned his attention to avenging the slaughter of Publius Quintilius Varus and three Legions under his command by the Cherusci chieftain Arminius. It will prove to be an extremely trying time, not just for the Army of the Rhine, but for the Fourth Cohort of the 1st Germania, especially for Titus Pullus and the young Equestrian Centurion Gnaeus Volusenus.In this fifteenth installment of the bestselling Marching With Caesar series, the final months of Pullus’ life are explored. What events led up to his death? How did he save Volusensus by sacrificing his own life? Most importantly, will Volusensus be able to carry on the Pullus tradition of leadership in Roman Legions?