The Falling Sword (Clash of Empires)

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Traders will trade on a sharp drop, but they generally want to be in a short position and will use technical indicators to time their trades. This book starts off in the year 198 BC and it will end in the year 196 BC in what is called the Second Macedonian War. He tells the story of Rome’s gradual victory over Philip V of Macedon during Rome’s invasion and occupation of Greece from the point of view of the ordinary soldier on both the Greek and the Roman side as he is always sympathetic to their plight whether voluntary soldier or veteran. There are full details of how the battles were fought, the organisation of both armies in immense detail, their equipment, punishments, their relationships with authority, life in the ranks and the overwhelming desire to get drunk on their free time. If this book were to give off an odour it would be sweat, blood and gangrene, unwashed clothes and excrement everywhere. During the descriptions of sacrificing animals it is almost possible to smell their fear and detect their nervous reactions to someone wielding a knife or sword and cutting their throats expertly or inexpertly causing great and unnecessary pain.

Wow! Another fantastic fast-paced amazing novel from Ben Kane! I absolutely loved Clash of Empires so couldn’t wait to read this to find out what our heroes were up to!Off-Hand) - Spinning Shield behaves like the Paladin's Blessed Hammer, spinning around outwards and not returning to the Crusader. This power essence adds additional AOE damage to the Crusader's AOE kit to finish off low-health enemies that survive the Draw and Quarter mayhem.

Falling Sword instead causes you to surge forward with your sword up to three times, damaging all enemies in your path. Ben's Macedonian characters - their king Phillip and a soldier Demetrios and more likeable than the Roman general Flamininus and the legionary Felix. Could just be my opinion, could be intentional from Ben, I don't know. It didn't affect the story for me, but I can see how it could for others. I think the reader is naturally more drawn to the Macedonians as they are defending their homeland. For another, Ben prides himself upon being an authority on the ancient Roman Empire and I have no doubt that he is, and probably in a past life he was a Roman centurion. As a result, the Roman characters are the ones that the reader should care about, empathize with, whatever. However, in this book I didn't really develop any feelings for the Roman characters - particularly Flamininus - until the last few chapters at which point I finally got the "he's a bit alright" feeling about him. Until that point, had he been killed off, it would have been "good, he's gone." Ultimately, the inevitable conclusion came to pass and the Roman’s sphere of influence grows across the Greek states. I was happy for Felix and it was well deserved after what he has been through but couldn’t help but feel for Demetrios. You could probably say that it was poetic or whatever!

To 'fall on your sword' is, literally, to commit suicide or, figuratively, to offer your resignation. What's the origin of the phrase 'Fall on your sword'? Head) - Consecration moves along with the Crusader dealing damage as you ride with your Draw and Quarter celestial war horse -- which adds a tremendous bonus damage to the other AOE modifiers mentioned below.

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What Does “Fall on One’s Sword” Mean?

Any new book from Ben Kane is always something a person can look forward to reading. And so it is with the latest in this series (presumably there will be a #3 because it does leave the reader hanging at the end), BUT..... Fall on one’s sword" means to accept blame or responsibility, especially when facing severe consequences. What Does “Fall on One’s Sword” Mean? This astounding historical novel is the 2nd volume of the "Clash of Empires" series from a great author, Ben Kane. There was an inclusion of a certain character from the ‘Hannibal’ series which Kane beautifully and subtly used to convey what would have been Hannibal’s next moves against Rome and I couldn’t help but feel nostalgic about those great novels.