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Cast Not the Day Marcus Sedgwick and the domain of FrancisBy the middle of fourth century AD, Britain and the Roman Empire had been ruled for a generation by Christian emperors. Now, at last, with the force of the state behind it, the Church was strong enough to suppress all opposition to its power. But in Britain there was still resistance Seen through the eyes of Drusus, a young British Roman, and set against the backdrop of imperial civil war and the growing threat from Romes enemies beyond its frontiers,