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Nero's Killing Machine: The True Story of Rome's Remarkable 14th Legion de Stephen Dando-Collins

Nero's Killing Machine: The True Story of Rome's Remarkable 14th Legion

Autor Stephen Dando-Collins
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 oct 2006
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.
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ISBN-13: 9780470046388
ISBN-10: 0470046384
Pagini: 322
Dimensiuni: 155 x 236 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Hoboken, United States

Public țintă

1. Fans of the Roman Empire, especially the Caesars. 2. Fans of the HBO series Rome, as well as fans of Steven Saylor′s Roma Sub Rosa series and other novels set in ancient Rome.
3. Military history aficionados.

Descriere

The Saga of the Most Celebrated Legion of the Early Roman Empire

In Nero′s Killing Machine, the second in the author′s definitive histories of the legions of ancient Rome, Stephen Dando–Collins brings the 14th Legion to vivid life. Drawing upon thirty–two years of research, he traces the legion′s steps as they were wiped out while in the army of Julius Caesar, then reformed only to be savaged again. For decades the men of the 14th would struggle to regain their lost status, slowly climbing back to glory before eventually claiming a legendary victory over Britain′s Queen Boudicca, despite being vastly outnumbered. Uncovering new information about the legionnaires′ lives and Roman military practices, Nero′s Killing Machine is military history at its finest.

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The Saga of the Most Celebrated Legion of the Early Roman Empire

In Nero′s Killing Machine, the second in the author′s definitive histories of the legions of ancient Rome, Stephen Dando–Collins brings the 14th Legion to vivid life. Drawing upon thirty–two years of research, he traces the legion′s steps as they were wiped out while in the army of Julius Caesar, then reformed only to be savaged again. For decades the men of the 14th would struggle to regain their lost status, slowly climbing back to glory before eventually claiming a legendary victory over Britain′s Queen Boudicca, despite being vastly outnumbered. Uncovering new information about the legionnaires′ lives and Roman military practices, Nero′s Killing Machine is military history at its finest.

Notă biografică

STEPHEN DANDO–COLLINS is the author of Caesar′s Legion: The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar′s Elite Tenth Legion and the Armies of Rome, Cleopatra′s Kidnappers: How Caesar′s Sixth Legion Gave Egypt to Rome and Rome to Caesar, and Mark Antony′s Heroes: How the Third Gallica Legion Saved an Apostle and Made an Emperor, all from Wiley. He is an Australian–born researcher, editor, and author who 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.

Cuprins

Atlas. Acknowledgments.
Author s Note.
i. Facing the British Warrior Queen.
ii. Wiped Out.
iii. Rescue on the Sambre.
iv. Cicero s Blunder.
v. The Uprising.
vi. The Rules of Plunder.
vii. The Hill at Lérida.
viii. Spitting in Scipio s Eye.
ix. Left Behind.
x. Antony and the Assassins.
xi. Sextus, Sea Battles, and Suicides.
xii. Pain in Spain, Glory in Germany.
xiii. Blood and Guts in Pannonia.
xiv. The Varus Disaster.
xv. Mutiny on the Rhine.
xvi. Going After Hermann the German.
xvii. Showdown in Germany.
xviii. Wrecked.
xix. Claudius s Invaders.
xx. Catching King Caratacus.
xxi. Boudicca the Terrorist.
xxii. Last Stand on Watling Street.
xxiii. The Year of the Four Emperors.
xxiv. Bloody Bedriacum.
xxv. Storm on the Rhine.
xxvi. The Gemina s Revenge.
xxvii. Good–bye and Applaud Us.
Appendices.
Appendix A: The Legions of Rome, 30 b.c. a.d. 233.
Appendix B: Imperial Roman Military Ranks and Their Modern–Day Equivalents.
Appendix C: The Praetorian Guard, the City Guard, the Night Watch.
Appendix D: Sources.
Glossary.
Index.

Recenzii

"Stephen Dando–Collins tracks the history of the 14th Legion...drawing on 30 years of research for the second of his definitive histories of ancient Roman armies. A fitting chronicle." (Military History)
"Stephen Dando–Collins tracks the history of the 14th Legion...drawing on 30 years of research for the second of his definitive histories of ancient Roman armies. A fitting chronicle." (Military History)