ok i just got "the Battle that stopeed rome" from border, and i cant tell u its an easy great informative book abou this germanic soldier and how he experienced (some fiction some non-fiction)t the battle of tuetorbig forest, so does Any 1 know any other books that follow the life of a regular roman legionaire, greek hoplite, gaulic warrior, etc etc (as long as they are ancient soldiers) thanks you.
Well Stephen Pressfields "The Gates of Fire" Does follow the Spartan Soldiers through the battle of Thermopylae, and i'd highly recommend it
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The Roman Army At War, 100 BC - AD 200 by Dr (in Classical Studies) Adrian Keith Goldsworthy.
Probably one of the best books on the post marian army that I've ever read, it focuses mainly on actual battlefield confrontation, rather than the Army in peacetime as most other books on the subject do. Goldsworthy really takes into account the training of the troops, prior engagements, equipment, tactics and most importantly morale!
Has given me tons of insight on how ancient armies fought and why the Roman's army was so good (it's flexibility).
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wow cool man ill check that out
In my view Goldsworthy's first real book is his finest (the one mentioned above), particularly the areas which describe individual fighting habits of soldiers. It helped me alot during my essays - getting into a Roman soldiers mindset and imagining determinable factors such as fear, physicality and leadership.
Please also check out Victor Hanson's books, along with Goldsworthy he is probably the finest living thinking military scholar today. In particular, he deals with the Greek aspect of warfare very well.
May I recommend:
V.D.Hanson Hoplites, 1991.
V.D.Hanson, Warfare and Agriculture in Classical Greece. 1998
Not in the slightest bit fictional, but very enlightning of the whole process of Greek Warfare and those who fought during it.
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I just finished "Legion" by William Altimari - VERY good book highly suggest you guys read it
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I agree with that... unless you wonna go deeper the Osprey books are pretty well made, full of picture and drawings, quite easy to ready.Originally posted by stalhandske@Sep 15 2004, 03:59 AM
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THey are very usefull when it comes to Battles. I have the Battle of Lepanto...pretty nice with nice 3D maps and good battle plans.
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I'm busy reading Stephen Dando-Collins' Caesar's Legion: The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar's Elite Tenth Legion and the Armies of Rome. Its entertaining and you really gain a perspective of how brilliant Caesar was. I'd recommend it whole heartedly.
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Anabasis is good. Not really the regular life but is great for fighting methods and organisation.
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Xeres, thanks for the boost!Originally posted by Xeres2665@Sep 19 2004, 08:41 PM
I just finished "Legion" by William Altimari - VERY good book highly suggest you guys read it
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The Virtues of War : A Novel of Alexander the Great by Steven Pressfield
Fresh out of the bookstores. Just finished reading it. Amazing book.
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Caesar's legion : the epic saga of Julius Caesar's elite Tenth Legion and the armies of Rome
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Very interesting book about Legio X.
I would recommend Vegetius' text on Roman military tactics. I have a copy, but you can easily find one online (no copyrights).
I know that it isn't a "story" book, but it is extremely interesting and I couldn't stop reading it.
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Osprey books, but Plutarch, Cesar, Thucydides, and other classical authors provide invaluable accounts, even if not totally objective , plus they are engrossing reads, imho .
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