Centurion

Its place in Eagles of the Empire

Centurion is book 8 in the Eagles of the Empire series. It follows The Eagle in the Sand. It is followed by The Gladiator. See the full Eagles of the Empire reading order.

Simon Scarrow's Eagles of the Empire novels follow two Roman soldiers of the invasion army that conquers Britain under Emperor Claudius: Macro, a battle-hardened centurion risen from the ranks, and Cato, a clever, reluctant recruit who starts the series as Macro's optio and rises over the books to command legions of his own. Beginning with the invasion of Britain in AD 43, the series follows the pair across the length and breadth of the Roman Empire — Britain, Judea, Egypt, Syria, Spain, Rome itself — through…