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conversations.value: Provide a plot for a book about Wolves, Cato, Macro entitled The Eagle and the Wolves.
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conversations.value: The Eagle and the Wolves: The book begins with the aftermath of the last book as Cato and Macro recover from their injuries in the city of Calleva.\nThe Durotrigans are still at large raiding the Roman supply lines in Atrebatian territory.\nThe Legate Vespasian with a small bodyguard come to investigate the stop of the supply lines, but is caught up in a skirmish to save a caravan of supplies.\nThe raiders are only just fended off with most of the guards killed.\nThe king Verica demands that Vespasian leave troops to protect the kingdom.\nVespasian is unable to leave troops, but instead has Centurions Macro and Cato to train local troops.\nThe two make good progress training two centuries of locals as Roman troops.\nThe two centuries are named the Wolves and the Boars, and celebrate their first victory over a Durotrigan Raiding Party in an ambush.\nIn light of such success General Plautius is worried that arming disloyal locals would endanger his rear flank against Caracutus and sends a Tribune Quintillus with procurator powers to assess the situation.\nThe situation at Calleva is dangerous as the locals are questioning whether they should be aiding the British resistance instead of Rome.\nInternal politics run rife and an assassination attempt is made on the King who is grievously injured.\nThe Boars and Wolves are called to attack a raiding party, but it is revealed to be a trap.\nThe army routs and many troops are massacred before they make it back to Calleva.\nTincommius the king\'s "loyal" nephew is revealed to be the would-be assassin and has set siege to the city in a power play with the Durotrigans.\nCato and Macro\'s army are forced to abandon the walls and fall back to the royal enclosure as the enemy numbers overwhelm the loyalist army.\nThe Legate Vespasian\'s relief forces soon arrive to drive the enemy from the city, only to abandon it after hearing news of Caracutus\' superior flanking force.\nForced into battle Vespasian\'s forces attempt a last stand against the British onslaught, only to be saved by the pursuing forces of General Plautius.\nVictory is snatched from the jaws of defeat.\nThe novel finishes with the Atrebatan Kingdom annexed regardless and the remaining Boars and Wolves disbanded.\nCenturion\'s Macro and Cato are left with another set of medals and reinstatement to the 6th Cohort.
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conversations.value: Provide the first five paragraphs for this book.
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conversations.value: The Eagle and the Wolves
  Tincommius shrugged. 'Some say that the Durotrigans are worse than beasts. You've seen how they treat our people.'
  Tincommius laughed at the riposte for a moment, then continued more seriously. 'You really do think you're a destined race, don't you?'
  Cato shrugged. 'I'm not certain about destiny. Never have been. All that happens in the world is down to the actions of men. Wise men make their own destiny, as far as they are able to. Everything else is down to chance.'
  He demonstrated the prescribed blows, and tossed the sword to the warrior, who shook his head and spoke angrily. 'This is not a dignified way to fight!'
  Just then Cato noticed another man in the group, and froze. Glowering at him from amongst the ranks of the recruits was Artax. His face was covered in black and purple bruising and his broken nose was swollen.
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conversations.value: Provide four more paragraphs.. Start with the sentence 'Of course, we all hope that Verica lives,' said Macro'.
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conversations.value: Of course, we all hope that Verica lives,' said Macro. Reservations about Tincommius still filled his thoughts.
  Cato ignored the jibe, too concerned with the implications of the tribune's orders. A chilling sense of foreboding traced its way up the scalp from the back of his neck.
  Cato stared at the tribune, fighting back his anger and wondering if he was being cruelly baited, or tested. He resolved to remain calm – as calm under this attack on his integrity as he tried to be in front of his men in the face of the enemy.
  The tribune stared at him for a moment. 'I hope so, Cato. I hope so... But for now the situation is hypothetical. Verica still lives, and while he lives we must all endeavour to make sure that relations between Rome and the Atrebatans continue as they were before.'
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conversations.value: Provide the last three paragraphs.
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conversations.value: Such a division of Roman forces in the face of an enemy that still outnumbered them looks like a very rash command decision. Of course, General Plautius may have had good reason to believe that the risk was slight, but we shall never know. With hindsight historians always comment on the string of successes Vespasian enjoyed, but one wonders what would have happened if the Britons had been able to concentrate sufficient forces against the Second Legion. If Caratacus had managed to give the Second a nasty surprise, and defeat them, then the way would have been open for him to sweep across the rear of the rest of General Plautius' army, destroying his lines of supply. That would have spelled disaster for the legions and may well have led to another defeat on the scale of the Varían débâcle in the German forests, where three legions had been massacred.
  Such a hypothesis once again reminds us of the delicate balance of all military campaigns – a facet of history that is almost always lost in the neat narratives that subsequent historians weave around events. But for the men on the ground – the likes of Macro and Cato – the reality is always confusion, doubt and a bloody struggle for survival. A world far distant from the tidy maps and plans of generals and policy makers.
  Caratacus is still at large. Defiant and increasingly desperate, he is looking for one last chance to reverse the misfortunes of the Britons. In the coming months Centurions Macro and Cato, and their comrades in the four legions of the Roman army, cannot afford to make one mistake as they seek to end the deadly duel with their increasingly desperate and fanatic enemy.
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conversations.value: Delete the last sentence.
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conversations.value: Such a division of Roman forces in the face of an enemy that still outnumbered them looks like a very rash command decision. Of course, General Plautius may have had good reason to believe that the risk was slight, but we shall never know. With hindsight historians always comment on the string of successes Vespasian enjoyed, but one wonders what would have happened if the Britons had been able to concentrate sufficient forces against the Second Legion. If Caratacus had managed to give the Second a nasty surprise, and defeat them, then the way would have been open for him to sweep across the rear of the rest of General Plautius' army, destroying his lines of supply. That would have spelled disaster for the legions and may well have led to another defeat on the scale of the Varían débâcle in the German forests, where three legions had been massacred.
  Such a hypothesis once again reminds us of the delicate balance of all military campaigns – a facet of history that is almost always lost in the neat narratives that subsequent historians weave around events. But for the men on the ground – the likes of Macro and Cato – the reality is always confusion, doubt and a bloody struggle for survival. A world far distant from the tidy maps and plans of generals and policy makers.
  Caratacus is still at large. Defiant and increasingly desperate, he is looking for one last chance to reverse the misfortunes of the Britons.