01402cam a2200265 4500 715518370 TxAuBib 20230322120000.0 211031s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781789545784 hc $25.99 1789545781 hc $25.99 (OCoLC)1281583516 TxAuBib Goldsworthy, Adrian Keith, author. The city [BOOK] / Adrian Goldsworthy. London : Head of Zeus, 2022. ©2022. 463 pages : map ; 23 cm. City of victory ; 2 AD 114: NICOPOLIS. In the arid plains beyond the empire's Eastern Frontier, a Roman legion lays siege to the city of Nicopolis. Estranged from his beloved Enica to keep her safe, centurion Flavius Ferox is still working for the emperor's cousin, the calculating and ruthless Hadrian. Sent to uncover corruption in the army, Ferox has killed a tribune and is under suspended sentence of death – but he knows more traitors are at large. As the siege builds, Ferox will have to figure out who can be trusted, and just what it is that Hadrian really wants... 20230322. Rome (Italy) Empire, 284-476 Fiction. Historical fiction. City of victory ; 2.