The Forgotten Legion

For my third post, I am taking the liberty to discuss one of my new favorite book trilogies. It is: The Forgotten Legion by Ben Kane. I started reading the first book, The Forgotten Legion, a couple months ago and once I started, I couldn't put it down.
The story tracks four main characters along with a series of other minor characters. The interesting part of this trilogy is that it is a well blended historical fiction, mixing true ancient Rome with fictional characters. The four main characters are all fictional but come in close contact with many big historical figures such as General Crassus, Cassius Longinus, Marcus Brutus, and most importantly, Julius Caesar.
Romulus and Fabiola are twins who are both sold into slavery; Romulus to a gladiator school (which actually existed), and Fabiola to one of the major brothels in Rome (which also existed). Brennus, a Gaulish warrior is the last of his tribe and is sent to the Ludus Magnus where he meets Romulus. Tarquinius, an Etruscan haruspex and the last of his kind, is also in Rome and joins Brennus and Romulus later on when they join General Crassus' army.
Following these events are real battles and events during Crassus' campaign told in the viewpoint by the three friends. Meanwhile in Rome, Fabiola learns the ways of seduction in order to exact revenge on not only the man who raped her mother and separated her family, but more importantly, the man who first raped her mother and created Romulus and herself.

This is their story, as they all fight for survival at almost every turn. Covering Rome to Asia minor to North Africa, the series takes the readers everywhere as they follow Romulus, Brennus, Tarquinius and Fabiola.