The fifth book in the epic Masters of Rome series Gaul 54 BC Julius Caesar sweeps across Gaul brutally subduing the united tribes who defy the Republic But at home his enemies are orchestrating his downfall & disgrace Vindictive schemers like Cato & Bibulus the spineless Cicero the avaricious Brutus Even Pompey the Great Caesar&s former ally But all have underestimated Caesar & when the Senate refuse to give him his due he marches upon his own country an army prepared to die for him at his back For rome is his destiny
- a destiny that will impel him triumphantly on to the banks of the Rubicon & beyond into legend as the noblest Roman of them all