Romeâs most decorated Centurion is given a secret mission to fulfil the Emperor's legacy but a renegade General and the enemy's chief spy stand in his way. A Butcherâs Wilderness glimpses into the dark, cut-throat corruption of the Roman Empire at the height of its power. Its violence and deep superstition are seen through the eyes of Vederius Ligustus, a much-decorated yet deeply dark and troubled soldier, fiercely loyal to the armyâs code of brotherhood.