Soldiers of Rome: Praetorians and Legionnaires.

Evans, Col. Robert.

ISBN 10: 0932020364 / ISBN 13: 9780932020369

Published by Seven Locks, 1986., 1986

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1st ed. 171p. Maps. Illustrations. In mylar. Jacket price. Owner's rubber stamp. Fine/Fine copy.

Seller Inventory # 78-1172B

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Soldiers of Rome: Praetorians and Legionnaires.
• Publisher: Seven Locks, 1986.
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0932020364
• ISBN 13: 9780932020369
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • List 78
  • List 102
  • ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL WARFARE

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Synopsis

The army that protected and expanded the Roman empire during the first three centuries A. D. had three components: (1) the legions with about 150,000 men, initially all Roman citizens; (2) the praetorian guard, likewise made up of Roman citizens, which at its peak numbered about 10,000; and (3) an auxiliary of 150,000 non-citizens. Soldiers of Rome, focusing almost exclusively on the praetorians and legionnaires, qualifies as the most accessible reference in print not only to the field campaigns during this period but t the military's role in the plots and counterplots that simmered and boiled around the imperial palace. Colonel Evan's narrative is in two parts. Part One is a conscientious attempt to set the record straight on the praetorian guard, an elitist group whose primary mission was to protect the emperor and which, in the author's opinion, was given a bad press by the classical historians. Part Two was first published in 1980 as Legions of Imperial Rome. Revised for this volume, it is an order-of-battle study of the legions, told with enough selective detail to confirm their reputation as one of the most formidable fighting forces the world has ever seen.