Under the Eagle

Why it’s on the list: The first of Scarrow’s Eagles of the Empire sequence — centurion Macro and his new optio Cato with the Second Legion, from the Rhine into the invasion of Britain.

Where I saw it: A reply to @moseskagan’s question on X, April 13, 2025 — “What historical fiction should I read next?” — recovered from that thread and saved to Kyle’s Apple Note “Books To Read”. Thread: https://x.com/moseskagan/status/1911280597928231261

Kyle’s line names the series (“Eagles of the Empire by Simon Scarrow”); one card, keyed to its first volume. The series runs to twenty-plus books.

Connections

• What historical fiction should I… (tweet) — the saved thread this recommendation came from.
• Historical Fiction · Rome · Literature — where this sits in the corpus.