The Slaughter Ground

Petronius Maximus is the new emperor of the fragile Western Roman Empire. In an effort to gain favour and quieten the Roman mob, he finishes the restoration of the Flavium Ampitheatre. Furthermore, he will support and finance twelve days of gladiatorial contests and public executions, a spectacle intended to rival the infamous festivals of Claudius and Nero. One thousand miles away in a Britannia enjoying a transient peace, a group of five worthy men, all loyal to Arthur and with...
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Petronius Maximus is the new emperor of the fragile Western Roman Empire. In an effort to gain favour and quieten the Roman mob, he finishes the restoration of the Flavium Ampitheatre. Furthermore, he will support and finance twelve days of gladiatorial contests and public executions, a spectacle intended to rival the infamous festivals of Claudius and Nero. One thousand miles away in a Britannia enjoying a transient peace, a group of five worthy men, all loyal to Arthur and with little interest in the affairs of Rome, work tirelessly to protect and scout their south-western peninsular. Then a visit to Londinium sets forth events which fragments the company, leading them all on separate journeys to the very heart of Rome. Veterans of Badon Hill, the Britons are no strangers to the degradation of war, but no past experience, no long-ago, witnessed horror, can prepare them for the Flavium Ampitheatre and its shameful games. With their unity destroyed, all become embroiled in a frantic struggle to survive the slaughter ground of Rome's monstrous arena. The Slaughter Ground. Book 5 of the acclaimed Dominic chronicles.