The Road to Rome

Romeâ€"apex of world power, corrupt, bloodthirsty, dependant on slave labour, where insatiable masses demand ever more horrific conflicts in the arena between men and beasts. To this city then, in the reign of Emperor Claudius and successor Nero, come three menâ€"Simon Magus, sorcerer, Christ’s foremost apostle Peter and Paul of Tarsus. Retired Centurion Claudius Antonius, who stood at the foot of Christ’s cross, now respected landowner at Pompeii, is closely involved in the dramatic events that unfold, including the great fire of Rome, blamed by Nero on the Christians, hundreds of whom suffer violent death in the arenaâ€"the story whirls its way through history, culminating in the eruption of Vesuvius in the reign of Titus. It is the third book in the trilogy and perhaps the most dramatic.