The Helvetian Affair: Book Ii Of The Gaius Marius Chronicle (Morgan James Fiction)

Not lyrical, but accurate, Insubrecus. All these stories and reports of Romans, Belgae, Krauts, and whatnot have become a knot I do not have time to unravel, so I'm just going to slice it open! Caesar announced. "Tomorrow at dawn, this army marches on the Aeduan capital. . .we march on Bibracte!"With these words, Gaius Iulius Caesar sent his army on what most of his officers considered a suicide mission with the Helvetians and their German allies across their line of retreat and the army trapped against the impregnable walls of Bibracte, the fortress-capital of their treacherous Gallic allies, the Aedui. "The Helvetian Affair" is the second book of the Gaius Marius Chronicle, the memoir of a retired Roman soldier, Gaius Marius Insubrecus, a legionary who fought with Caesar throughout his Gallic campaigns and the Roman civil wars. "The Helvetian Affair" recounts Insubrecus' coming of age as a Roman soldier in the legionary camps outside the city of Aquileia, and serving his patron, Caesar, as he conducts a lightening campaign to prevent the fierce and ruthless attempt by the Helvetii to conquer Celtic Gaul and threaten the Roman province. The narrative recreates a colorful and culturally complex portrait of ancient northern Italy and the Rhone valley, as Romans, Celts and Germans struggle for supremacy in the hills and dark forests of western Gaul.

• | Author: Ray Gleason
• | Publisher: Morgan James Fiction
• | Publication Date: May 03, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 304 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
• | ISBN-10: 1630477028
• | ISBN-13: 9781630477028