As the son of a Roman General and Statesman, he was destined to become an officer in his father’s army, learn to run the family business, and marry. This was Rome at the beginning of the Republic and right after the last of the kings. It was a deadly time of corruption, traitors, and assassins. This was a time when ten year olds died in battle and when twelve year olds led the troops, a time when twenty to thirty year olds ruled a Republic and those older yet, ruled the senate.
Young Dante couldn’t have foreseen what would happen to him and his childhood friends, but then, it was expected of them. Follow Dante in his journey into manhood in this passionate tale about an unlikely hero, the brutality of war, and survival.
Grapes of Rome is a story about young ten-year-old Dante who has everything including a life of luxury. He is sent to war in the time of ancient Rome’s battle to establish its republic. He endures the pain of losing friends as he and his childhood friends grow from boys to young men, as they build the Roman Republic. It is a terrifying time and no one knows who his true friends are. Friendship, love, war, and treachery find their way into every crevice of the Roman way of life for these boys. It was a time when clothes were rarely worn, when a uniform consisted of a blanket, a spear and sometimes a sword.
As the son of a Roman General and Statesman, he was destined to become an officer in his father’s army, learn to run the family business, and marry. This was Rome at the beginning of the Republic and right after the last of the kings. It was a deadly time of corruption, traitors, and assassins. This was a time when ten year olds died in battle and when twelve year olds led the troops, a time when twenty to thirty year olds ruled a Republic and those older yet, ruled the senate.
Young Dante couldn’t have foreseen what would happen to him and his childhood friends, but then, it was expected of them. Follow Dante in his journey into manhood in this passionate tale about an unlikely hero, the brutality of war, and survival.
Grapes of Rome is a story about young ten-year-old Dante who has everything including a life of luxury. He is sent to war in the time of ancient Rome’s battle to establish its republic. He endures the pain of losing friends as he and his childhood friends grow from boys to young men, as they build the Roman Republic. It is a terrifying time and no one knows who his true friends are. Friendship, love, war, and treachery find their way into every crevice of the Roman way of life for these boys. It was a time when clothes were rarely worn, when a uniform consisted of a blanket, a spear and sometimes a sword.