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Bezig met laden... Nero's Killing Machine: The True Story of Rome's Remarkable 14th Legiondoor Stephen Dando-Collins
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Again, another superb history by this Tasmanian devil of a classical scholar. A must read for military history buffs. How can anyone rate this work as average? ( ) I found this to be an interesting, but wildly uneven book. Essentially, the author has done a massive amount of research to construct a timeline for a single Roman Legion over a period of a hundred years or so. It is fun to follow their movements as they intersect with great men of the era like Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, Nero, etc. and the effect that petty internal political squabbles had on the legions. Also compelling are the descriptions of the hardships and battles that the legionnaires endured from day to day and year to year as they completed their 20 year or longer service to the empire. There are some truly breathtaking battle scenes. It was a life of internal strife, constant battles, blood and guts, and fleeting honor. Due in part to the type of source, I think, though, sometimes the author settles in to lists of names and ancient locations that are tedious and difficult to picture. "So and so went here, and met so and so, who came from there, and he had so and so with him, and they talked about going over there". The writing at these points becomes list-like and unimaginative. It would have helped if there had been more, and more detailed, maps, that could have helped put some of these episodes in context. Overall a worthy illumination of the lives of legionnaires and the military campaigns of the time, but marred by inconsistent writing, in my opinion. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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The 14th Gemina Martia Victrix Legion was the most celebrated unit of the early Roman Empire-a force that had been wiped out under Julius Caesar, reformed, and almost wiped out again. After participating in the a.d. 43 invasion of Britain, the 14th Legion achieved its greatest glory when it put down the famous rebellion of the Britons under Boudicca. Numbering less than 10,000 men, the disciplined Roman killing machine defeated 230,000 rampaging rebels, slaughtering 80,000 with only 400 Roman losses-an accomplishment that led the emperor Nero to honor the legion with the title ""Conqueror of Britain."" In this gripping book, second in the author's definitive histories of the legions of ancient Rome, Stephen Dando-Collins brings the 14th Legion to life, offering military history aficionados a unique soldier's-eye view of their tactics, campaigns, and battles. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)355.00937Social sciences Public Administration, Military Science Military Science Biography And History Ancient WorldLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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