books.google.nl - 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...http://books.google.nl/books/about/Threshold_of_fire.html?hl=nl&id=8yriAAAAMAAJ&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThreshold of fire
