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       COPYRIGHT

       Harper

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      First published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2014

      Copyright © Harry Sidebottom 2014

      Maps © John Gilkes 2014.

      Cover layout design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2015

      Cover photographs © Stephen Mulcahey/Arcangel Images (eagle sculpture); Shuttershock.com (ancient ruins, background).

      Harry Sidebottom asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

      While some of the events and characters are based on historical incidents and figures, this novel is entirely a work of fiction.

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      Source ISBN: 970007499847

      Ebook Edition © 2014 ISBN: 9780007499861

      Version: 2015-02-17

       DEDICATION

      TO EWEN BOWIE, MIRIAM GRIFFIN

      AND ROBIN LANE FOX

       Our history now descends from a kingdom of gold to one of iron and rust.

       CASSIUS DIO LXXII.36.4

       There have never been such earthquakes and plagues, or tyrants and kings with such unexpected careers, which were rarely if ever recorded before.

       HERODIAN I.I.4

      CONTENTS

       COVER

       TITLE PAGE

       EPIGRAPH

       MAPS

       THE ROMAN EMPIRE AD235–8

       THE CENTRE OF ROME

       AFRICA PROCONSULARIS

       THE NORTHERN FRONTIER

       THE EAST

       CHAPTER 6

       CHAPTER 7

       CHAPTER 8

       CHAPTER 9

       CHAPTER 10

       CHAPTER 11

       CHAPTER 12

       CHAPTER 13

       CHAPTER 14

       CHAPTER 15

       CHAPTER 16

       CHAPTER 17

       CHAPTER 18

       CHAPTER 19

       CHAPTER 20

       CHAPTER 21

       CHAPTER 22

       CHAPTER 23

       CHAPTER 24

       CHAPTER 25

       CHAPTER 26

       CHAPTER 27

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