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Caesar's Command: an Alternate History in the Roman Republic
Caesar Fights for the Republic. History Changes Forever.
Caesar is the praetorian governor of Further Spain when war breaks out against a rebel with a familiar name: Quintus Sertorius. The late Roman rebel left a half-Iberian son behind, and now he's determined to win freedom for his people. But there's one problem: Gaius Julius Caesar is in his way.
Now Caesar finds himself on the side of the Republic, with Pompey the Great as the threat looming in the shadows. But without the political influence he'll gain later in life - or the great fortune gained from a conquest of Gaul that may now never happen - Caesar is in need of political allies. Can he swallow his pride and ally with the conservatives who dominate the Roman Senate, or must he fight enemies on all fronts? Was Caesar by nature a rebel, destined to rule Rome? Or will history change when Caesar fights for the Republic, with Pompey as the enemy at the gates?
For fans of Colleen McCullough and Harry Turtledove, Caesar's Command is a thrilling tale of military and political battles in a world that might have been.
Caesar is the praetorian governor of Further Spain when war breaks out against a rebel with a familiar name: Quintus Sertorius. The late Roman rebel left a half-Iberian son behind, and now he's determined to win freedom for his people. But there's one problem: Gaius Julius Caesar is in his way.
Now Caesar finds himself on the side of the Republic, with Pompey the Great as the threat looming in the shadows. But without the political influence he'll gain later in life - or the great fortune gained from a conquest of Gaul that may now never happen - Caesar is in need of political allies. Can he swallow his pride and ally with the conservatives who dominate the Roman Senate, or must he fight enemies on all fronts? Was Caesar by nature a rebel, destined to rule Rome? Or will history change when Caesar fights for the Republic, with Pompey as the enemy at the gates?
For fans of Colleen McCullough and Harry Turtledove, Caesar's Command is a thrilling tale of military and political battles in a world that might have been.
402 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 25, 2022
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R.G. Roberts
13 books344 followersR.G. Roberts is the author of fantasy, military science fiction, and alternate history novels and serial fiction, currently publishing on Amazon and Kindle Vella.
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March 5, 2024
Some of the political manoeuvres are harder to follow than a submarine avoiding multiple torpedoes however the story and military action makes it another of the authors books that are hard to put down. More please!!
November 14, 2022
Imperial Rome actualised
Telling of a life following a path freshly imagined. This well told story based in the capabilities of the time. It passes over much of the harshness of the time to just tell a good story
Telling of a life following a path freshly imagined. This well told story based in the capabilities of the time. It passes over much of the harshness of the time to just tell a good story
January 31, 2023
I read an awful lot of Historical fiction and non fiction....especially this Genre...This was up there with some of the best I've read......Very Highly recommended....and hopefully there is a sequel.
December 30, 2022
I read a lot of historical fiction, I honestly loved this book. Very well written, hard to put down. Wish there was a sequel
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