{"product_id":"the-forgotten-legion-the-forgotten-legion-chronicles","title":"The Forgotten Legion (The Forgotten Legion Chronicles)","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet in the late Roman Republic  in the first century B.C.E.  The Forgotten Legion is a tale of the greatest empire of the ancient world from the perspective of those on the lowest rungs of its society. Romulus and Fabiola are twins  born into slavery to a enslaved mother who is much beloved by them  and much abused by their owner. At 13 years old  they and their mother are sold: Romulus to gladiator school  Fabiola into prostitution  where she will catch the eye of one of the most powerful men in Rome  and their mother into obscurity and death in the salt mines.  Tarquinius is an Etruscan  a warrior and soothsayer  born enemy of Rome and trained by the last haruspex in the forgotten arts of divination. A runaway slave  then an AWOL Legionaire  he has a long foretold destiny that will take him to the very ends of the known world. Brennus is a Gaul from the Allobreges tribe. In the battle against the Roman army  his entire family  perhaps his entire tribe  is slaughtered  and only he survives to be sold as a slave to be trained as a gladiator. He rises to become one of the most famous and feared gladiators of his day - and mentor to the boy slave  Romulus  who dreams night and day of escape and of revenge.  The lives of these four characters are bound and interwoven in a marvellous story which begins in a Rome riven by corruption  violence and political enmities  but ends far away  where Romulus  Brennus and Tarquinius find themselves fighting against the Parthians and overwhelming odds - survivors of one of the most legendary battles in Roman military history and destined to become part of one of the most compelling  enduring legends: The Forgotten Legion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44963119661109,"sku":"ByrdShop_0312536712","price":27.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780312536718.jpg?v=1770407052","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-forgotten-legion-the-forgotten-legion-chronicles","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}