The Legion by Simon Scarrow

Simon Scarrow takes the story of his two heroes Cato, now promoted to Prefect, and Macro the Centurion to Egypt. In pursuit of the rebel slave leader Ajax, now turned pirate and raiding shipping and small settlements along the Egyptian coast, Cato and Macro are in command of a small fleet of warships. Though they smash his pirate band Ajax escapes and on return to Alexandria Cato and Macro are ordered south to join the understrength Twenty Second Legion to repel the incursions of the army of the Prince of Nubia. Ajax himself has fled south and offers his services to Nubia which enables our heros to kill two birds with one stone. With soldiers like Macro and Cato to call on no wonder that Rome ruled the world. Another cracking adventure story from Simon Scarrow