Primus Pilus: Rufus veteran of Marcus Aurelius, (Paperback)

Rome, in the year 929 ab Urbe condita. <p>Lucius Valerius Rufus has served the Empire for twenty-five years, rising to the rank of primus pilus. On the Danube he commanded men, knew discipline and blood, and learned that war shows no mercy. </p><p>Now he has returned to Rome. Honorably discharged and rewarded with a villa on the Via Ostiense, Rufus believes he can finally enter civilian life and attain the equestrian rank that is his due. But the Eternal City is not a battlefield: here the weapons are words, alliances, favors... and betrayals. </p><p>Something is moving beneath the surface of power. A web of interests, secret cults, and men who recognize one another by the faintest of signs, as if they belonged to an invisible order. </p><p>Rufus believed he had left war behind. Rome will show him that there are older battles, fought in silence and shadow. And that even the gods, at times, demand oaths.</p>

• Primus Pilus: Rufus veteran of Marcus Aurelius, (Paperback)
• Author: Independently Published
• ISBN: 9798255729524
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-04-14
• Page Count: 180