The Lost Legion

In the latter days of the Roman Empire, the corruption of the Caesars led to the decay of the government. Vast sums of revenues were either diverted or stolen. The legions in the outer provinces were weakened for lack of funding. The conflict between Rome and Constantinopolis (Constantinople) rose into open rebellion. The empire was split in two; the Western Roman Empire with its capital in Rome and the Eastern Roman Empire or as it would later be known as Byzantium with Constantinople as its capital. The western empire was weak but it held the seat of the Catholic Church with the Pope in the Holy City of Rome. Attacks by the Vandals and Ostrogoths weakened Gaul and pressed on to Rome. The trade routes to Rome were cut off by the warring factions in Germania. The Amber Road was one of the trade routes cut from reaching Rome. In 402 A.D. secret order was made to send a legionary force of 2500 men was sent into northeastern Germania what is today Poland. They were ordered to reopen the Amber Road and to protect the trade caravans from Gedania (Gdansk) to Vindobona (Vienna). Finally, in 410 A.D. King Alaric of the Visigoths sacked Rome. The Western Empire fell and broke into fragmented provinces. Ravenna was now the capital city of what was left of the Western Empire. The Legion to the north was lost in all of the confusion and forgotten. For twenty years it would have to survive on its own against many changing forces that passed through northern Europe, including the Huns. This is the story of the Lost Legion into the north.

• | Author: Pawel Andruszkiewicz
• | Publisher: Independently published
• | Publication Date: January 05, 2020
• | Number of Pages: 309 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1655839578
• | ISBN-13: 9781655839573