An Outpost of the Empire

Form: Short story

Year: 1991

Publication history:

• 1991 : Asimov's November 1991 (m) ,
• 1998 : Roads Not Taken: Tales of Alternate History (pb) , Del Rey, 322 pp., ISBN 0-345-42194-9
• 2003 : Roma Eterna (tpb) , Gollancz (UK), 384 pp., ISBN 0575073543
• 2003 : Roma Eterna (hc) , Eos, 396 pp., ISBN 0380978598 ( "An Outpost of the Realm")
• 2003 : Roma Eterna (hc) , Gollancz (UK), 384 pp., ISBN 0575073535
• 2004 : Roma Eterna (pb) , Eos, 464 pp., ISBN 0380814889

One of the Roma Eterna stories. It concerns a clash between the Western (Roman-influenced) and the declining Eastern (Greek-influenced) empires 2200 years after the founding of Rome.