{"product_id":"the-helvetian-affair-book-ii-of-the-gaius-marius-chronicle","title":"Helvetian Affair","description":"“Not lyrical, but accurate, Insubrecus. All these stories and reports of Romans, Belgae, Krauts, and whatnot have become a knot I do not have time to unravel, so I’m just going to slice it open!” Caesar announced. “Tomorrow at dawn, this army marches on the Aeduan capital. . .we march on Bibracte!”\nWith these words, Gaius Iulius Caesar sent his army on what most of his officers considered a suicide mission with the Helvetians and their German allies across their line of retreat and the army trapped against the impregnable walls of Bibracte, the fortress-capital of their treacherous Gallic allies, the Aedui.\u003cp\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Helvetian Affair\" is the second book of the Gaius Marius Chronicle, the memoir of a retired Roman soldier, Gaius Marius Insubrecus, a legionary who fought with Caesar throughout his Gallic campaigns and the Roman civil wars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Helvetian Affair\" recounts Insubrecus’ coming of age as a Roman soldier in the legionary camps outside the city of Aquileia, and serving his patron, Caesar, as he conducts a lightening campaign to prevent the fierce and ruthless attempt by the Helvetii to conquer Celtic Gaul and threaten the Roman province. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe narrative recreates a colorful and culturally complex portrait of ancient northern Italy and the Rhone valley, as Romans, Celts and Germans struggle for supremacy in the hills and dark forests of western Gaul.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Morgan James Publishing llc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49760737263960,"sku":"9781630477028","price":18.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781630477028_4341d8b0-03d3-4c3d-940b-56fa6b52f8a5.jpg?v=1765434613","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/the-helvetian-affair-book-ii-of-the-gaius-marius-chronicle","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}