Appian mentions a conflict on Crete at about the same time as the Spartacan revolt (a century before the reign of Claudius which is the time frame Scarrow uses for his "Under the Eagle" series) but I could not find anything definitive pointing to a slave uprising on Crete at the time or in a later period. Scarrow may have used these revolts to inform his fictional narrative of a similar revolt on Crete. Historically, there have been only three major Roman slave revolts documented by ancient historians - two on the island of Sicily and the famous revolt led on the Italian mainland by a Thracian slave turned gladiator named Spartacus. The two heroes are in pursuit of a nasty former gladiator named Ajax who led a slave revolt on Crete following an earthquake and tsunami. In this book the relationship has changed significantly and Cato now holds the superior rank of prefect. From reading other reviews, I gather that in previous novels, Macro has been the experienced teacher and Cato the young up-and-coming protégé. The other Scarrow book I read was Centurion and in it, Cato and Macro were both Centurions. I admit I have not read its immediate predecessor "Gladiator" but I had no problem picking up the story line with the background information provided. "The Legion" is the second book by Simon Scarrow I have read although it is the tenth in Scarrow's "Under the Eagle" series.
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