![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It's a tale of mixed emotions and beliefs between two people from Egypt, Hadrianus and Claudius Claudianus aka Niliacus, and what will unfold on the 5th and 6th July AD 417 during and after the trial that will turn events on its head in the end, and all old by the author in a most astonishing fashion. ![]() Storytelling is excellent, all characters are very believable and lifelike, and the trial and the circumstances within and without this trial are wonderfully pictures and described in this remarkable story. This brilliant Roman historical novel by this Dutch author, is a tale about Roman justice in AD 417, and the struggles between two people originally from Egypt, the Magistrate of Rome, Prefect Hadrianus and the ten years ago convicted former poet at the court of Emperor Honorius while living with General Stilicho and his wife, Serena, a man who used to be called Claudius Claudianus, while being born in Egypt as Klafthi, but who is now called Niliacus while hiding in Rome after his conviction, and that combined with the religion fights between Christians and non-Christians, or called non-believers or heretics in the eyes of Emperor Honorius and the Catholic Church. ![]()
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