The first book in the epic Masters of Rome series Rome 110BC A city which is home to Gaius Marius prosperous but lowborn a proud & disciplined soldier emboldened by his shrewdness & self-made wealth It is also home to Lucius Cornelius Sulla a handsome young aristocrat corrupted by powerty a shameless pleasure seeker Two men of extraordinary vision men of ruthless ambition both blessed & cursed by the special favour of Fortune men fated to lay the foundations of the most awesome empire ever known & to play out a mighty struggle for power & glory
- for Marius & Sulla share a formidable ambition to become First Man in Rome