Review: An excellent end to the great Titus Pullis.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 18, 2014
R.W. Peake has brought to finality the life of Titus Pullis in a final adventure. There are points of greatness in this volume and I admit some sadness that the adventure has ended. My one adverse point might be the stereotypical portrayal of the principal Marcus Primus. The podgy, inept, greedy, homosexual Primus is almost over the top  to good to be true. Homosexuality was a part of the Greco-Roman world, but those who engaged in such things were not always the effeminate, perfumed devil that PW Peake portrays. Many great heroes of that world engaged in homosexual acts including Alexander. The attitude was different, it was a power issue and not unmanly when the advances were made towards a less powerful male. In this I feel Peake was expressing and placing modern moral sensitivities on another culture and time. In the reenactment world this would be "Farbe". For taking the easy way out I awarded 4 stars. The book is a worthwhile read and I look forward to Peake's promised  series with his adopted son Guias.