The Legion Quotes

“Shit . . . Well, in for a sestertius, in for a denarius.”
― Simon Scarrow, The Legion

“Cato did not consider himself a brave individual. He could already feel the unsettled flutters in the pit of his stomach and the cold sweat pricking out down his spine. He wondered why he had not become used to it after so many years of fighting. What was it in him that preyed on his mind, thrusting forward terrifying images from past battles as well as imagined scenes of dreadful vividness? For Cato it seemed that there were two sides of his being locked in a perpetual struggle. The Cato he wanted to be - courageous, bold and respected, unburdened by self-doubt - and that other, truer, version - fearful, anxious and agonisingly sensitive to the view other people had of him. The latter could only ever act out the role of the former, winning the applause of the moment, before withdrawing into the shabby robes of his real nature. The thought sickened him”
― Simon Scarrow, The Legion

“A wave of nausea seized him and Macro feared that he might pass out. ‘The fuck I will,’ he growled to himself. He”
― Simon Scarrow, The Legion

“Thoughts of revenge must give way to the need for swift action,”
― Simon Scarrow, The Legion

“The legion was raised by Mark Antony. He filled the ranks with men from Cleopatra’s army. When Antony was defeated by Octavian, the Twenty-Second was integrated into the rest of the army and has been stationed on the Nile since then. They’re a mix of Greeks and Egyptians from the Nile cities.”
― Simon Scarrow, The Legion