Janus He appears selfless and compassionate but, in truth, is power-hungry, amoral, and without regard for the well-being of others. In the 1987 thriller novel "The Janus Man" by British novelist Raymond Harold Sawkins, Janus is used as a metaphor for a Soviet agent infiltrated into British Secret Intelligence Service - "The Janus Man who faces both East and West". Janus In ancient Roman religion and myth, Janus (; ("Iānus"), ) is the god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, and endings. He is usually depicted as having two faces, since he looks to the future and to the
The Gates of Rome Caesar. For example, Caesar is portrayed as having defeated the Catiline Conspiracy, which was actually the work of Cicero, who was a significant politician throughout Caesar's life, and is only a minor character in later books such as "The Field of Swords" and "The Gods of War". The tagline on the front of the paperback version of "The Gates of Rome" reads: ""If you liked Gladiator you'll love Emperor" - Sunday Times" The Gates of Rome The Gates Of Rome is the first novel in the Emperor series, written by author Conn Iggulden. The series is historical fiction following the