Book II of Emperor. The young Julius Caesar is serving aboard a war galley, gaining a fearsome reputation. Then his ship is captured, ransomed and abandoned on the north African coast. After gathering a force of men powerful enough to gain vengeance on his captors and suppress an uprising in Greece, he returns to Rome a hero, only to find that he must fight again. A new crisis is threatening the city – in the unexpected form of a rebellious gladiator named Spartacus…https://cosmiccauldronbooks.com.au/p/the-gates-of-rome-conn-iggulden/