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Brine rather than sweat drenched his entire body as Oppius rose up fro leapt over the rail of the transport vessel The silver eagle of the standard broke forth first fro off its head and reflecting into the eyes of Caesar

Before he had juionary&039;s prayer,

"Jupiter Greatest and Best, protect this legion, soldiers every one Maythe act of athe prize - a brace of eneed towards the isolated standard bearer The first horse its flesh-stained head down upon the Roman&039;s shoulder and chest - yet instinct and ti kicked in as Oppius drove the standard upwards and into the torso of his ene him off his coal-black mare But where was the second horse his eyes The second Briton was less obliging in offering up a war cry up to reveal his position, as he cae was a foot or so from his enemy&039;s head - but it travelled no further as a Roh the air and skewered his stomach Blood turned the blue dye purple

"And there you was thinking that you could defeat the bastards all by yourself," Roscius shouted and grinned The brutal looking legionary had jumped into the water shortly after the standard bearer He would have followed his friend into Hades, for he knew Oppius would do the same for him Teucer and - more hesitantly - Marcus Fabius followed their coion was shocked and irate at witnessing such a suicidal act But as they witnessed another dozen or so horsele they scrambled into the sea too and rallied around the valiant, or unhinged, standard bearer The loss of the eagle would mean a loss of honour for all and the stain could never be washed away Far ion

At first Caesar cursed his aquilifer for such a rash act but his e, soon formed itself into a smile He had his spark Now he needed to fuel the flaave the order for his archers and artillery to provide covering fire He also called for the captain of his own ship to close in on the beach Caesar was keen to wash his sword in the blood of the irksome barbarians too

Individual splashes swiftly turned into one long whooshing tu for the Tenth to shalory, diseions formed themselves into make-shift shield walls and moved forward, soainst the enemy&039;s cavalry For all of their bravery and numbers the barbarian ar forward andit onto the beach

Rome had landed upon Britain