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It is 414 A.D. and the once-powerful Roman Empire is in its death throes—split between East and West, menaced by barbarian hordes almost literally at its gates. The Emperor Honorious cowers in the marsh-bound city of Ravenna, where he has moved the government. There is the Prefect Hadrian, a powerful official and fanatical Christian convert; Marcus Anicius, the pagan aristocrat who is clinging to a dyping past, and the Jew Eliezar ben Elijah, hemmed in by his own traditions and burdened by his dark vision of the future.
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- Author
- Haasse, Hella S., Hasse, Hella S.
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
- Published
- 1993
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780897333900
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, History
- Rating
- 3.47 / 5 (5 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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