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Eagle in the Snow (ISBN 1-59071-011-8) is a modern classic of
historical fiction. Written in
1970 by
Wallace Breem, the novel is set in
Britannia and
Germania in the late
4th and early
5th Century, and centers on the
Roman general
Paulinus Gaius Maximus, a
Mithraic in an age of
Christianization. Maximus and his friend Quintus command the defence of
Hadrian's Wall, but when news comes of an impending Germanic invasion across the
Rhine, Maximus is promoted to 'General of the West' and reassigned to
Moguntiacum, where he and his one legion are tasked with defending the entire border between Germania and
Gaul.
As he's carrying out his duties, more and more of his allies—including those who were once his enemies—try to persuade Maximus to seize the Western Emperorship for himself. Despite the tempation of the Western throne, Maximus remains true to his sense of honor and duty. In a cruel twist, Maximus finds himself fighting for an empire rapidly converting to Christianity where his traditional
pagan beliefs are only reluctantly tolerated.
The character of Maximus is loosely based on the real-life
Marcus, who was declared Emperor of the West by his legions in Britannia but was soon executed. The Germanic invasion that Maximus defends against was the real Germanic
invasion of
Gaul in
AD 406.
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