01742cam a2200385 i 4500 888794582 TxAuBib 20230710120000.0 060222s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780755327744 hbk. 0755327748 hbk. 9780755332151 pbk. 0755332156 pbk. (OCoLC)65468765 TxAuBib rda Scarrow, Simon, author. The eagle in the sand / Simon Scarrow. London : Headline, 2006. ©2006. 312 pages : map ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Eagle Series ; 7 Trouble is brewing in Syria, on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire. With the troops in a deplorable state, centurions Macro and Cato are despatched to restore the competence of the cohort. But another challenge faces them as, Bannus, a local tribesman, is brewing up trouble and preaching violent opposition to Rome. As the local revolt grows in scale, Macro and Cato must stamp out corruption in the cohort and restore it to fighting fitness to quash Bannus -- before the eastern provinces are lost to the Empire forever!. 20230710. Macro, Lucius Cornelius (Fictitious character) Fiction. Cato, Quintus Licinius (Fictitious character) Fiction. Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D Fiction. Historical fiction. Historical fiction. Action and adventure fiction. Eagle Series ; 7. TXLIV