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 enlarge | Author: Adrian Goldsworthy
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Category: Book
List Price: $39.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 22373
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 10 x 7.6 x 1.1
ISBN: 0500051240
Dewey Decimal Number: 355.00937
EAN: 9780500051245
ASIN: 0500051240
Publication Date: October 27, 2003
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Terrific December 8, 2004
45 out of 52 found this review helpful
This book is just about as complete as it could be, and it is still readable. It covers every period of the evolution of the army, and includes great detail on the soldiers' lives outside of battles. The pictures and diagrams were excellent, and there were more than enough of them. My only request would be for a little more information on the army of Late Antiquity, but I don't think that the book was too lacking in this area to make it a serious problem. No matter how well-read you are on Rome, this book will teach you something new.
Excellent August 13, 2004
13 out of 27 found this review helpful
This book has excellent, succinct commentary and very good drawings, photos, and maps. Well done!
Great organizations and illustrations July 21, 2004
18 out of 21 found this review helpful
The book is very well organized and written in a comfortable chronological order. The illustrations are very helpful to complete the image of the army and its equipment. Especially interesting are the battle descriptions (although more interesting battles could have been chosen). It reads easily and the writing is mostly clear and to the point.
The only thing i found missing was a chapter about siege craft because the two and a half pages in which it is mentioned are most certainly not enough. And I would personally have preferred a little more information about some of the equipment.
On the broader scale, the book gives a great introduction and forms a vivid image of the workings and organization of the roman army in the mightiest point of the empires history.
 Excellent Introduction to the Legions of Rome July 14, 2004
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Mr Goldsworthy has done an excellent job of taking much of the information in his book "The Roman Army at War" and bringing it to a much more accepable form for the casual or first time reader. There is still much information for the person who thinks he/she knows alot about the Roman Army and the illustrations go a long way toward making the book easy to read and understand. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and it makes an excellent addition to anyone's bookshelf.
Very Happy I Bought It April 13, 2004
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Loved the color photos of re-enactors, as well as a whole section devoted to the daily life of a Roman recruit. Book has good production values, and seems authoritative -- certainly informative!One slight peeve, though: the Empire map alternates between Latin names and modern English ones, as in "Italia" but "Sicily" and not "Sicilia," or "Neopolis" but "Rome" and not "Roma," "Belgica" and "Dacia" but "Lower Germany" instead of "Germania Inferior," etc.
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