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The Grass Crown is a novel written by Colleen McCullough. Released in 1990, it is the second book in the Masters of Rome series and features the later consulship of Gaius Marius and his battles with Sulla and Mithridates.
Characters[]
- Gaius Marius
- Lucius Cornelius Sulla
- Mithridates VI Eupator
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Publisher's Summary[]
In this great drama, Marius, the general who saved Rome from barbarian invasion and became consul an unprecedented six times, has fallen into decline. Sulla, his closest associate, has withdrawn himself from his commander's circle in preparation for his own bid for power.
As a deadly enmity develops between the two men, Rome must fight its own battle for survival - first against her neighbouring Italian states, then against the barbaric Asian conqueror. Births, deaths, prophecies and rivalries combine to create a whirlwind of drama, and a remarkable insight into the passion and torment of ancient Rome.
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