Publisher's Synopsis
Fight for Rome
by Felix Dahn
In the shadow of a dying empire, where loyalty fractures and ambition burns brighter than law, Fight for Rome (Ein Kampf um Rom) unfolds as a sweeping epic of power, betrayal, and the fate of civilizations.
With scholarly precision and poetic grandeur, Felix Dahn breathes life into the twilight of the Western Roman Empire, casting a luminous gaze upon the Goths and their embattled king, Witichis. Torn between love and duty, honor and survival, Witichis emerges not merely as a warrior, but as a tragic symbol of a world slipping into darkness.
This is no romanticized tale of empires lost-it is a philosophical reckoning with history itself, a meditation on the forces that shape nations and the souls who dare to defy them. Dahn's prose surges with the same intensity as the battles he renders-gritty, unsparing, and deeply human.
For readers of historical fiction who seek more than spectacle, Fight for Rome offers a haunting vision of glory undone, and the quiet dignity of those who refuse to vanish with it.