Caesar's Legions: The Roman Soldier, 753 BC to 117 AD |
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 | This is a compilation of three Men-at-Arms books (Early Roman Armies; Republican Armies 200-104BC; Roman Army from Caesar to Trajan). There are different authors with different writing styles, different artists and the books were written between 1982 and 1997. They are bound together with a single index, but otherwise are still three separate entities; even the different printing styles are maintained!So, you perhaps would expect the volume would be mismatched and awkward. Fortunately the work fits together quite well; the topics do not overlap and cross referencing is not a significant issue (the altar of Domitius Ahenobarbus aside). Nick Sekunda co-authored book 1 and wrote book 2, and I have a great deal of respect for his work; very readable with a decent level of analysis and interpretation (see my review for Osprey Warrior Series Greek Hoplite). The colour plates complement the text well, with the usual good photographs. Book 1 does struggle a little because the actual evidence ... read more.
Written by Nick Sekunda, Simon Northwood and Michael Simkins.
Published 20 January 2000.
Published by Osprey Publishing.
rrp £14.99.
144 pages Paperback.
ISBN: 1841760447
ISBN-13: 9781841760445 | |
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