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Roman Warfare
The Romans built perhaps the greatest empire of all time,forged with an unequalled skill in warfare. Accompany these unparalleled Roman troops from the conquest of Italy through to world conquest. Watch as defeated armies became allies and future soldiers of the Empire. Consider the irony of extreme brutality and repression leading to peace and prosperity. All the techniqu...more
Paperback, 240 pages
Published
April 1st 2007
by Phoenix
(first published April 24th 2000)
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History Buffs, Roman Fans
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This review is a tiny bit premature, because I'm about 25 pages from finishing a complete read, but have skimmed the whole thing a couple times.
As a general history of Roman warfighting from the Republic to the end of the West (and a little beyond), it's adequate and interesting.
What I mean by that is that this is a scholarly work, but isn't intended to be read by scholars. It lacks footnotes or any other form of annotation, instead, reserving an appendix at the back of ...more
As a general history of Roman warfighting from the Republic to the end of the West (and a little beyond), it's adequate and interesting.
What I mean by that is that this is a scholarly work, but isn't intended to be read by scholars. It lacks footnotes or any other form of annotation, instead, reserving an appendix at the back of ...more
This book dives right into every aspect of the Roman legion. It covers everything from battle formations to tactics and technology. It does a great job of illustrating how the Roman army was transformed from a citizen militia during Republican times to a professional force in the days of the Empire.
Well documented. Clear, concise with lots of photographs, drawings, maps of the battles. It's a comprehensive atlas not a traditional atlas. One of the very useful books, helpful in figuring out when and where I wanted my characters to have been. I'm still using it and will again next year.
well-written easy read. I love the maps, pictures and illustrations. I would have wanted the book to feature more illustrations and detailed account of roman battles. I think they only featured about 4-7 battles.
Great book! Concise, well-written, and informative, with lots of great pictures, graphs, and source information.
Good, but too short.
Great stuff.
Tim Taylor
marked it as to-read
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