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The Roman Legionary in Battle (Second Revision) (Paperback, Revised and Enlarged ed)
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The Roman Legionary in Battle (Second Revision) (Paperback, Revised and Enlarged ed)
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Loot Price R478
Discovery Miles 4 780
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This book is an account of how the Roman legions fought, based on
the point-of-view of the ordinary legionary, the man who actually
did the fighting. The fighting soldier is, of course, the most
important man in any army and yet, so often, the least understood.
The book shows how he was deployed within his cohort, and how he
functioned in contact with the enemy, by considering his weapons
and reconstructing the drills for their use. It takes a historic
approach. Starting with a discussion of Greek warfare, it considers
the development of the Roman army throughout the Republican period,
in particular it looks at the Battle of Cannae to see why the
legionary system failed there. The main part of this book considers
the legionaries of the fully developed Imperial army, and how they
handled a variety of foes such as barbarians, cavalry, the
Macedonian phalanx and other legions. Probably most significantly
the book offers the reader the only reasonable account in print of
the Teutoburg Wald disaster, and it considers other disasters in
order to probe weaknesses in the Roman system. Finally the book
considers how the legions finally became obsolete. The overall
result is a totally original account of Roman warfare. References
are given for each chapter, as much as possible they are easily
accessed Penguin Classics or Loeb editions.
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