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Archaeology
Excavation
at Colchester
Update
on excavations on the Varus battlesite
Temple
Mount/Roman Fort
Marching
Camp to Limes
Underwater
archaeology of naval battles
New
Armor Find
Latest
Vindolanda news
ROMEC?
Corbridge
hoard details
Stillfried
lorica segmentata
Best
dig sites for amateurs
Forgeries
in Roman archaeology
Artwork
Trajan's
column
Roman
soldier portrait/Eton college
Prima
Porta
Dagging
The
Mainz 'centurion'
Battles
and campaigns
Battle
of Adrianople article
Battle
of Carrhae and other questions
In
pace recepti?
Update
on excavations on the Varus battlesite
Jewish
revolt in Palestine
Corbulo's
Armenian campaign: one or two years?
When
was the Germania campaign really?
The
battle of the Mauric plains (AD 453)
Marcus
Aurelius
Hamilcar's
battles in Sicily
Invasions
Satellite
Imagery and Varus' Battle
Trasimeno
Jewish
revolt
Jewish
revolt 2
Warfare
in the east
Lake
Trasimene
Varus
slingers
Germany,
Teutoburger Forest 9AD info plz
Agricola
in Britain
Garrison
of Jerusalem AD 30
Greatest
Roman Military Disaster
Jotapata
site
Kalkriese
and the Clades Variana
Kalkriese
in the German national Geographic
Byzantium
Interesting
Later
Roman and early Byzantine information
Cavalry
Importance
of Roman cavalry
Cavalry
Infantry
vs auxiliary
Imperial
cavalry
Roman
ranks and duties?
Goldsworthy's
Punics
Counterfactual
history
If
Hannibal decided to join the Roman army
Huge
Sweeping Question about Hadrian
Fun
game of "what if"
Epigraphy
Flavius
Romanus R.I.P.
Poenius
Postumus
Roman
helmet inscription
Equipment
Weapons
Weight
of kit
A
confusing standard
Signet
rings: did they wear them?
Shield
devices
Mess
Halls
French
Skeleton Impaled with Pilum
Hobnails
Novo
Mesto Helmet
Legio
II Augusta scutum emblem
Shields
Boiled
leather lorica
1st
Punic War
A
new lorica segmentata from Austria
Why
no battered helmets?
Face
of Battle
Shell
shock syndrome?
Men
under fire vs. men under javelins
Wounds
and infections
Frontiers
and Fortifications
Marching
camp to limes
Auxiliary
fort barracks specs
Legionary
Fortress
General
Roman history
Fathers
of Rome
The
twelve tablets
What
does Pax Romana mean?
Feared
Enemies
Gaius
Marcius Rutilu - an early Roman hero
Who
were the Romans?
Mithras
Roman
roads and transportation
Gladiator
the movie tidbits
The
mark
When
was the Germania campaign really?
Speaking
of Gladiator...
What
does praetoria mean ?
Gladiator:
will the movie leave a legacy
Marcus
Aurelius
Hierarchy
Centurions
Contubernium
'squad leader'
Promotion
in the ranks
Rank,
function and pay scales
Roman
Hand Salute?
Training
of Centurions
Meals
in the legions
Promotion
within the centurionate
Inter-unit
postings
Soldier=soldier?
Married
soldiers?
Roman
ranks and duties?
Emperors,
centurions and leadership
Role
of the optio?
Garrison
of Jerusalem - AD30
Later
Roman army
Late
Roman army
Third
century crises
Attila
and the Romans
Seniores
and juniores
Age
Span?
Barbarization
of the armies (378 AD - 476 AD)
Army
division question
Later
Roman and early Byzantine information
Notitia
Dignitatum
Late
Roman cavalry numbers
Legionary
Names and Numbers
Different
Legions of the same number?
Do
you have a favourite legion?
Seniores
and juniores
Age
Span?
Mottos
of the legion
Miscellaneous
Humour
in the hardheadiness of Romans
Translating
Junkelmann into English
New
PBS series
Do
you have a favourite legion?
What's
Up with Roman Numerals in the Legions?
Did
Legion Workshops Make Money?
Book
Sources
Leading
Roman Historians
Latin
Wax
tablets revealed
Did
the Germans user bows?
Did
the gladiators fight to the death?
Funeral
oration
"Off
with his nose!"
Captivating
question
Stupid
idea about the end of the XXth I'd like to ask about
Legion
- type of troops and mercenaries
Women
gladiators ???
Ancient
Roman winery discoverd in Egypt
Roman
army vs. the Celts
Names
or titles
Trajan
in *Military History*
Caius
Gracchus Iulius Caesar ... born sideways
Papyrology,
carbonised Pompeii scrolls
Fathers
of Rome
Lybian
legion pay roll theft
Surveying
equipment
Roman
infantry data
Looking
for a site
Dead
Romans in red tunics
Navy
Identity
of these signa
Some
questions about the navy
Navy
and army
Navy's
status
Underwater
Archaeology of Naval Battles
Soldier=soldier?
Roman
helmet inscription
"Praetorian
galley?"
Role
of the optio?
Organisation
Third
century crises
Infantry
vs auxiliary
The
legion of the bureaucrats
Mercenaries
I
would like to ask a question
Roman
weapons/maniples as combat units
Do
you have a favourite legion?
The
republican army of the Punic Wars
Unit
identification
Inter-unit
postings
Seniores
and juniores
Soldier=soldier?
Army
organization
Another
guy who's writing a story
Shield
patterns
Army
division question
Praetorians
Foreigners
in the army
What
does praetoria mean ?
A
confusing standard
Do
You Have a Favorite Legion?
Praetorians
and the Pomerium
"Praetorian
galley"
Punic Wars
Importance
of Roman cavalry
Goffredo,
RE: Hannibal's Crossing the Alps
If
Hannibal decided to join Roman army
Hamilcar's
battles in Sicily
The
republican army of the Punic Wars
Lake
Trasimene
1st
Punic War
Recruitment
How
old did recruits have to be?
Picking
your brains
Foreigners
in the army
Veterans
still worthy
Foreigners
in the army
Foreigners
in the army another take
Africans
in the military
Roman
boot camp?
Conscription
Mercenaries
Do
You Have a Favorite Legion?
Architectus
Training
Training
25%
of all Romans under arms?
Training
of Centurions
Basic
training
Age
span?
Other
cultures in the military
Later
Roman and early Byzantine information
Looking
for a site
Service
conditions
Auxiliary
status and remuneration
Foreigners
in the army
Rank,
function and pay scales
Punishments
Meals
in the legions
Decimation
on a grand scale
Reward
for service
Pay
Wounds
and infections
The
legions out of wartime
Germanicus
and the mutineers
Sources
Vegetius:
a boring and unreliable old fart
Arrian's
Periplous
Notitia
Dignitatum
Standards
Identity
of these signa
A
confusing standard
Shields
Roman
standards - religious rites?
Standardbearers
in segmentata
Imperatorial
standards
Tactics
Manipular
formation
Infantry
vs auxiliary
Light
infantry
What's
the strength of the Roman army
Roman
battles
Men
under fire vs men under javelins
Countermarching
Roman
weapons/maniples as combat units
Function
of auxiliary infantry
New
Guy
Composition
of formations
Training
Warfare
in the east
Rotation....again
Roman
battle tactics..Need information for history report
Auxiliary
training
Strategy
and tactics names?
Weapons
Weapons
About
the pila
A
question about Roman artillery
A
confusing standard
French
skeleton impaled with pilum
Nature
of catapult stone
The
infamous bending pilum
Roman
arms
Precision
throwing
Slingers
Roman
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Reading
List by Discussion
Army and society
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Alston, R., Soldier and society in Roman Egypt (London
1995) 263p.
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Pollard, N., Soldiers, cities & civilians in
Roman Syria (Michigan 2000) 349p.
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MacMullen, R., Soldier and civilian in the Later
Roman Empire (Cambridge Mass. 1963).
Artillery
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Baatz, D., Bauten und Katpulte des römischen
Heeres (Stuttgart 1994).
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Marsden, E.W., Greek and Roman artillery: historical
development (Oxford 1999) 232p.
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Marsden, E.W., Greek and Roman artillery: technical
treatises (Oxford 1999) 277p.
Auxiliaries
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Holder, P., BAR 70: Studies in the auxilia of the
Roman army from Augustus to Trajan (Oxford 1980).
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Saddington, D.B., The development of the Roman auxiliary
forces from Caesar to Vespasian (Harare 1982).
Byzantine army
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Haldon, J., Warfare, state and society in the Byzantine
world 565-1204 (London 1999) 389p.
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Treadgold, W., Byzantium and its army 284-1081 (Stanford
1995) 249p.
Cavalry
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Dixon, K.R. en P. Southern, The Roman cavalry (London
1992) 256p.
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Hyland, A., Equus. The horse in the Roman world (London
1990) 285p.
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Junkelmann, M., Die Reiter Roms II (Mainz 1991) 222p.
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Junkelmann, M., Die Reiter Roms III (M ainz 1992)
227p.
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Junkelmann, M., Reiter wie Statuen aus Erz (Mainz
1996) 126p.
Children's books
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Abranson, E., Roman legionaries at the time of Julius
Caesar (London 1979).
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Connolly, P., The Roman Army (London 1975).
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Connolly, P., Hannibal and the Enemies of Rome (London
1978).
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MacDonald, F., A Roman fort (Hove 1993) 48p.
Equipment
-
Bishop, M.C., and J.C. Couston, Roman military equipment
Shire Archaeology 59 (Princes Risborough 1989) 76p.
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Bishop, M.C., and J.C. Coulston, Roman military equipment
(London 1993) 256p.
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Feugère, M., Les armes des Romains (Paris
1993) 287p.
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Stephenson, I.P., Roman infantry equipment. The later
empire (Stroud 1999) 128p.
Face of battle
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Cornell, T., B. Rankov and P. Sabin (ed.), The second
Punic war: a reappraisal (London 1996) 117p.
-
Goldsworthy, A.K., The Roman army at war 100 BC-200AD
(Oxford 1996) 311p.
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Sabin, P., 'The face of Roman battle' in: Journal
of Roman Studies 90 (2000), 1-17.
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Zhmodikov, A., 'Roman republican heavy infantrymen
in battle' in: Historia 49 (2000), 67-78.
Fortifications
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Connolly, P., The Roman fort (Oxford 1991) 32p.
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Johnson, A., Roman Forts (London 1983).
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Lander, J., BAR 206. Roman Stone Fortifications from
the First Century AD to the Fourth (Oxford 1984).
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Von Petrikovits, H., 'Fortifications in the northwestern
Roman Empire from the third to the fifth centuries AD' in: Journal of Roman
Studies 61 (1971), 178-218.
Hierarchy,
officers and other ranks
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Breeze, D. and Dobson, B., Roman Officers & Frontiers
(Stuttgart 1993).
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Campbell, B., The emperor and the Roman army 31BC-AD235
(Oxford 1984) 468p.
General
introduction to the Roman army
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Bohec, Y. Le, L'armée Romaine (Paris 1989)
287p. English translation The imperial Roman army.
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Connolly, P., Greece and Rome at war (London 1981)
320p.
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Goldsworthy, A., Roman warfare (London 2000) 224p.
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Hackett, J. (ed.), Warfare in the ancient world (London
1989) 256p.
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Keppie, L., The making of the Roman Army from republic
to empire (2nd edition) (London 1998) 272p.
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Webster, G., The Roman Imperial Army (3rd ed. London
1985) 343p.
Guards
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Durry, M., Les cohortes pretoriennes (Paris 1939).
-
Rankov, B., The Praetorian Guard Elite 50 (1994)
64p.
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Speidel, M.P., Guards of the Roman armies (Bonn 1978)
149p.
-
Speidel, M.P., Riding for Caesar. The Roman emperors'
horse guard (London 1994) 223p.
Late Roman army
-
Dixon, K.R. and P. Southern, The late Roman army
(London 1996) 206p.
-
Elton, H., Warfare in Roman Europe AD 350-425 (Oxford
1996) 312p.
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MacDowall, S., Late Roman Infantryman Warrior 9 (London
1994) 64p.
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MacDowall, S., Late Roman Cavalryman Warrior 15 (London
1995) 64p.
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Nicasie, M.J., The twilight of empire. The Roman
army from the reign of Diocletian until the battle of Adrianople (Amsterdam
1998)321p.
Legions
-
Brewer, R.J. (ed.), Roman fortresses and their legions
(London 2000) 187p.
-
Junkelmann, M., Die Legionen des Augustus (Mainz
1986) 313p.
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Speidel, M.P., The framework of an imperial legion
(Cardiff 1992) 47p.
Logistics
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Erdkamp, P., Hunger and the sword. Warfare and food
supply in Roman republican wars (264 - 30 BC) (Amsterdam 1998) 324p.
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Junkelmann, M., Panis militaris (Mainz 1997) 254p.
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Roth, J.P., The logistics of the Roman army at war
(264 BC - AD 235) (Leiden 1999) 400p.
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Wierschowski, L., Heer und Wirtschaft. Das römische
Heer der Prinzipatszeit als Wirtschaftsfaktor (Bonn 1984) 345p.
Navy
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Reddé, M., Mare Nostrum (Paris 1986).
-
Starr, C.G., The Roman imperial navy (New York 1941)
228p.
Ninth legion
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Birley, E.B., 'The fate of the Ninth Legion' in:
Butler, R.M. (ed.) Soldier and civilian in Roman Yorkshire (Leicester 1971),
71-80.
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Eck, W., 'Zum Ende der legio IX Hispana' in: Chiron
2 (1972), 459- 462.
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Keppie, L., 'The fate of the ninth legion. A problem
for the eastern provinces ?' in: D.H. French and C.S. Lightfoot (ed.),
BAR(i) 553 The eastern frontier of the Roman empire (Oxford 1989), 247-255.
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Sijpesteijn, P.J., 'Die legio nona Hispana in Nimwegen'
in: Zeitschrift fuer Papyrologie und Epigraphik 111 (1996), 281-282.
Punic Wars
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Goldsworthy, A., The Punic wars (London 2000) 412p.
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Lazenby, J., Hannibal's war (Warminster 1978)340p.
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Lazenby, J., The first Punic war (London 1996) 205p.
Reconstructions
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Peterson, D., Roman legions recreated in colour photographs
(London 1992).
Recruitment
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Brunt, P.A., 'Conscription and volunteering in the
Roman imperial army' in: Roman imperial themes (Oxford 1990), 188-214.
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Forni, G., Il reclutamento delle legioni da Augusto
a Diocleziano (Milan 1953).
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Mann, J.C., Legionary recruitment and veteran settlement
during the principate (London 1983) 184p.
Republican army
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Sekunda, N. en S. Northwood, Early Roman Armies Men-At-Arms
283 (London 1995) 48p.
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Sekunda, N., Republican Roman army 200-104 BC Men-At-Arms
291 (London 1996) 48p.
Service conditions
-
Alston, R., 'Roman military pay from Caesar to Diocletian'
in: Journal of Roman Studies 84 (1994), 113-123.
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Speidel, M.A., 'Roman army pay scales' in: Journal
of Roman Studies 82 (1992), 87-106.
Source translations
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Campbell, B., The Roman army 31 BC-AD 337: a source
book (London 1994) 272p.
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Dennis, G.T., Maurice's Strategikon. handbook of
Byzantine military strategy ( Philadelphia 1984)178p.
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DeVoto, J.G., Flavius Arrianus: Technè Taktika
(Tactical handbook) and Ektaxis kata Alanoon (The expedition against the
Alans) (Chicago 1993) 132p.
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Milner, N.P., Vegetius: epitome of military science
(Liverpool 1993) 152p.
Strategy
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Austin, N.J.E. and N.B. Rankov, Exploratio. Military
intelligence in the Roman world from the second Punic war to the battle
of Adrianople (London 1995) 292p.
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Harris, W.V., War and imperialism in republican Rome
327-70 BC (Oxford 1979) 293p.
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Isaac, B., The limits of empire. The Roman army in
the East (rev. ed.) (Oxford 1993) 519p.
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Luttwak, E.N., The grand strategy of the Roman Empire
(Baltimore 1976) 255p.
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Mann, J.C., 'The frontiers of the principate' in:
Aufstieg und Niedergang der Roemischen Welt II-1 (1975), 508-533.
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Mann, J.C., 'Power, force and the frontiers of the
empire' in: Journal of Roman Studies 69 (1979), 175-183.
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Mattern, S.P., Rome and the enemy. Imperial strategy
in the principate (Berkeley 1999) 259p.
Training
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Horsmann, G., Untersuchungen zur militärischen
Ausbildung im republikanischen und kaiserzeitlichen Rom (Boppard am Rhein
1991).
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Hyland, A., Training the Roman cavalry from Arrian's
Tactica (Alan Sutton 1993).
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books
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books on Rome
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"The
World of Roman Costume" isbn 0-299-12854-2
Review
of "Roman Clothing and Fashion" by A.T. Croom
Equipment
Recreated
in colour
Roman
infantry equipment. the later empire
Copy
of Robinson on the market
Price
for used Robinson book ... ?
Special
offer on JRMES back issues
Where
to order JRMES?
Book
with belt parts
New
website
Book
values: Bishop & Coulston
Roman
Legions recreated in colour photographs vol 2?
Vindonissa
Catalog
Fiction
Military
fiction?
Best
Roman fiction authors
Roman
fiction on the radio ... on the internet
Jack
Whyte's series
New
novels: Scarrow and Maddox Roberts
Accuracy
in Caput Mundi
Film
Quo
Vadis film
Attila
...
Druids(*sigh*)
General
Roman History
Roman
musical notation
Gibbon's
'Decline...'
Osprey
Gladiators - Wisdom-McBride
Micheal
Grant
New
from Gieben
A
book I found
Britons
and Romans
Military
History - Republic
Roman
warfare
Greater
than Napoleon: Scipio Africanus
Hannibal
book
Goldsworthy's
Punics
The
cavalry of the Roman republic
Review
of Goldsworthy's Cannae
Military
History - Empire
Roman
warfare
Varus
Tony
Clunn's book
(Quite)
new roman navy publication
Search
for Roman navy publication
Barbarian
invasions
Late
Roman army
Grand
Strategy
Belfiglio,
Roman Amphibious ...
Evans,
Legions
Book
on Diocletian
Oxbow
book deals
Soldiers,
cities and civilians in Roman Syria
The
MAVORS series
Sources
Corpus
Inscriptionum Latinarum
Book
on Tacitus
APIS:
Advance Papyrological IS
Flavius
Josephus
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