Using a full range of original literary sources, modern Continental scholarship, and current archaeological research, Pat Southern and Karen R. Dixon provide a stimulating overview of the historical period, the critical changes in the army, and the way these changes affected the…
"This is the first English-language book to deal comprehensive with the subject of the late Roman army." "The problems faced by the late Empire were not radically different from those confronting its earlier counterpart. However, in the later period - at least from the reign of …
A detailed history of the commanders of ancient Rome, and wars they fought.
"With a new preface."
A definitive history of the great commanders of ancient Rome, from bestselling author Adrian Goldsworthy. "In his elegantly accessible style, Goldsworthy offers gripping and swiftly erudite accounts of Roman wars and the great captains who fought them. His heroes are never flavo…
'The Republican Roman Army' assembles a wide range of source material and introduces the latest scholarship on the evolution of the Roman army and the Roman experience of war.
by Macdowall, Simon, Hook, Christa
fromWarrior series
by Macdowall, Simon, Hook, Christa
fromOsprey military warrior series
by Macdowall, Simon, Hook, Christa
fromWarrior series
MILITARY HISTORY. From the civil wars of the Late Republic to Constantine's bloody reunification of the Empire, elite corps of guardsmen were at the heart of every Roman army. Whether as bodyguards or as shock troops in battle, the fighting skills of praetorians, speculatores, s…
