The Silver Eagle (2009) (edit title/settings)

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Characters/People edit see section history

• Tarquinius: fortuneteller/soldier
• Brennus: Gaulish soldier, former gladiator.
• Romulus: Twin to Fabiola, also a former gladiator.
• Fabiola: Twin to Romulus, former prostitute. Lover of Brutus
• Caesar: Add a description of this character.
• Vahram
• Brutus
• Secundus
• Pompey Magnus
• Darius
• Pacorus
• Mithras
• Docilosa
• Ahmed
• Sextus
• Clodius
• Felix
• Novius
• Marcus Petreius
• Milo
• Gordianus
• Vercingetorix
• Mustafa
• Hiero
• Corbulo
• Tullius
• Ammias
• Margiana
• Longinus
• Crassus
• Zebulon
• Antonius
• Aemilius
• Optatus
• Fulvia
• Ishkan
• Gemellus
• Brum
• Olenus

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Rome
• Transalpine Gaul
• Scaevola
• Republic
• Italy
• Jupiter
• Alexandria
• Mithraeum
• Egypt
• Hades
• Carrhae
• Alesia
• Ravenna
• Parthia
• Greece
• India
• Pompeii
• Arabia
• Caius
• Asia Minor
• Cana
• Africa
• Hispania
• Barbaricum
• Scythia
• Heptastadion
• Capitoline Hill
• Seleucia

Organizations edit see section history

• The Forgotten Legion: group of 10,000 Roman legionaries used as mercenaries for the Prathians

First Sentence edit see section history

Table of Contents edit see section history

Glossary edit see section history

• acetum: sour wine, the universal beverage served to Roman soldiers. Also the word for vinegar, the most common disinfectant used by Roman doctors. Vinegar is excellent at killing bacteria, and its widespread use in Western medicine continued until late in the nineteenth century.
• Aesculapius: son of Apollo, god of health and the protector of doctors
• amphora (amphorae): a large, two handled clay vessel with a narrow neck used to store wine, olive oil, and other produce. It was also a unit of measure, equivalent to eighty pounds or wine
• as (asses): a small froze coin, originally worth two-fiths of a sestertius. In 23 BCE, its makeup was changed to copper
• atrium: the large chamber immediately beyond the entrance hall in a Roman house or domus. Frequently built on a grand scale, this was the social and devotional center of the house. It had an opening in the roof and a pool, the impluvium, to catch the rainwater that entered.
• aureus (aurei): a small gold coin worth 25 denarii. Until the time of the early empire, it was minted infrequently.
• ballista (ballistae): a two-armed Roman catapult that looked like a big crossbow on a stand. It operated via a different principle, however, utilizing the force from tightly could sinew rope holding the arms rather then the tension in the arms themselves. Ballistae varied in size, from those portable by soldiers to enormous engines that required wagons and mules to move them around. They fired either bolts or stones with great force and precision.
• basilicae: huge covered markets int he Roman Forum; also where judicial, commercial, and governmental activities took place. Public trials were conducted here, while lawyers, scribes, and moneylenders worked side by side from little stalls. Many official announcements were made in the basilica
• Belenus: the Gaulish god of light. He was also the god of cattle and sheep

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by The Forgotten Legion, and followed by The Road to Rome: A Novel of the Forgotten Legion.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Ben Kane (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Young Jin Lim (Illustrator)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: PR6III.A536S56 2010
• Dewey: 823.92

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Historical