Posted: Mar 14, 2011 4:17 am
Wiðercora wrote:I see you managed to find a rare photograph of some Roman soldiers.
I don't suppose you might be able to recommend a good book on the subject of ancient warfare?
Peter Connolly's Greece and Rome at War is a good introduction. It looks like a coffee table book, but the large format is to accomodate the excellent colour illustrations that reconstruct the soldiers, equipment and tactics and illustrate things like battle formations and camp layouts. The text is high quality and detailed as well.
Other than that, any of Goldsworthy's overviews are recommended, though he specialises in Roman stuff.