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Mark Antony's Heroes: How the Third Gallica Legion Saved an Apostle and Created an Emperor de Stephen Dando-Collins

Mark Antony's Heroes: How the Third Gallica Legion Saved an Apostle and Created an Emperor

Autor Stephen Dando-Collins
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 10 mar 2008
This fourth book in Dando–Collins s definitive history of Rome s legions tells the story of Rome s 3rd Gallica Legion, which put Vespasian on the throne and saved the life of the Christian apostle Paul. Named for their leader, Mark Antony, these common Roman soldiers, through their gallantry on the battlefield, reshaped the Roman Empire and aided the spread of Christianity throughout Europe.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780470224533
ISBN-10: 0470224533
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 150 x 226 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Editura: Wiley (TP)
Locul publicării:Hoboken, United States

Public țintă

1. Fans of the Roman Empire, especially the Caesars. 2. The millions of people who made Gladiator, Troy, and 300 huge successes.
3. Military history aficionados, especially those who bought the competing titles.
4. Given the story is also about St. Paul, we might get some crossover to the religion market.

Descriere

"A tough, gritty chronicle of the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of soldiers who operate in both military and politically treacherous waters. . . . Interesting and well–written."
Booklist
In Mark Antony′s Heroes, the fourth installment in the author′s seminal histories of the legions of ancient Rome, Stephen Dando–Collins paints a vivid portrait of the 3rd Gallica Legion from the unique vantage point of the soldiers. Drawing on classical texts, Dando–Collins tells the gripping story of a unit that made a name for itself under Mark Antony, only to watch its early glory fade and rise again.
Dreaded by friend and foe alike, they used their muscle to install Herod the Great and Caesar Vespasian on their thrones. They made Rome′s enemies from one side of the empire to the other dread their legion′s name. They were renowned as the fearless servants of two Mark Antonys, saving the skin of Cleopatra′s lover and making possible the meteoric career of Mark Antony Primus.
By weaving together new information about the legionaries′ lives with factual Roman military practices, Mark Antony′s Heroes is a landmark in ancient military history.

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"A tough, gritty chronicle of the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of soldiers who operate in both military and politically treacherous waters. . . . Interesting and well–written."
Booklist
In Mark Antony′s Heroes, the fourth installment in the author′s seminal histories of the legions of ancient Rome, Stephen Dando–Collins paints a vivid portrait of the 3rd Gallica Legion from the unique vantage point of the soldiers. Drawing on classical texts, Dando–Collins tells the gripping story of a unit that made a name for itself under Mark Antony, only to watch its early glory fade and rise again.
Dreaded by friend and foe alike, they used their muscle to install Herod the Great and Caesar Vespasian on their thrones. They made Rome′s enemies from one side of the empire to the other dread their legion′s name. They were renowned as the fearless servants of two Mark Antonys, saving the skin of Cleopatra′s lover and making possible the meteoric career of Mark Antony Primus.
By weaving together new information about the legionaries′ lives with factual Roman military practices, Mark Antony′s Heroes is a landmark in ancient military history.

Cuprins

Acknowledgments. Author s Note.
Chapter 1. Get Up and Fight!
Chapter 2. For Pompey, Caesar and Antony.
Chapter 3. The Parthian Invasion.
Chapter 4. Routing the Parthians.
Chapter 5. Putting King Herod on His Throne.
Chapter 6. Mark Antony s Mistake.
Chapter 7. The Bloody Retreat.
Chapter 8. The Sun–Worshipping 3rd.
Chapter 9. Riot Duty in Jerusalem.
Chapter 10. Saving the Apostle Paul a Second Time.
Chapter 11. To Caesar You Shall Go.
Chapter 12. The Centurion s Decision.
Chapter 13. Cast Up on Malta.
Chapter 14. In Nero s Rome.
Chapter 15. Fanning the Flames of Revolt.
Chapter 16. Victims of the Jewish Uprising.
Chapter 17. The Heroes of Ascalon.
Chapter 18 . The Execution of a Troublesome Jew.
Chapter 19. Blood for Blood.
Chapter 20. Slaughtering the Sarmatians.
Chapter 21. To Italy, to Make an Emperor.
Chapter 22. Prelude to a Disaster.
Chapter 23. The Bloodbath of Cremona.
Chapter 24. Storming Rome.
Chapter 25. Thanks to the 3rd Gallica.
Appendix A. Imperial Roman Military Ranks and Their Modern–Day Equivalents.
Appendix B. The German Guard.
Appendix C. Sources.
Glossary.
Index.

Notă biografică

Stephen Dando–Collins is the author of Caesar′s Legion, Nero′s Killing Machine, Cleopatra′s Kidnappers, and Blood of the Caesars. An Australian–born researcher, editor, and author, he has spent the last three decades identifying and studying the individual legions of the Roman army of the late Republic and the empire of the Caesars.