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Good Ones - Anonymous - 10-03-2001 Thanks to you all for the certificate! You guys are great!<br> I'd like your guys opinion on some good reads before I purchase anything. Some nice ones to own for reference and stuff like that.<br> Thanks,<br> Quintus<br> <br> <br> <br> I got a good laugh out of this quote. Enjoy!<br> "We need a few more legions of Romans. Give one of these locals a pilum and he'll just pick his nose with it." ~ Ben Hur <p></p><i></i> Re: Good Ones - Anonymous - 10-03-2001 My favorite two books so far about the Roman army are <i> Hannibal</i> by Theodore Dodge and <i> The Grand Strategy of The Roman Empire</i> by Edward Luttwak. <p><BR><p align=center><font color=gold><font size=3> __________________<BR> CASCA TARQUINIUS<BR> <a href=http://www.legio-ix-hispana.org> LEGIO IX HISPANA</font></font><BR><font color=gold><font size=3> __________________</font></font></p><i></i> Re: Good Ones - Guest - 10-04-2001 Salve,<br> <br> Congratulations on winning the first round.<br> <br> The majority of the following books are available, with a number of the older titles having been reprinted in recent years.<br> <br> Regards,<br> <br> Sander van Dorst<br> <br> Recommended reading<br> <br> Army and society<br> <br> Alston, R., <i> Soldier and society in Roman Egypt</i> (London 1995) 263p.<br> Pollard, N., <i> Soldiers, cities & civilians in Roman Syria</i> (Michigan 2000) 349p.<br> MacMullen, R., <i> Soldier and civilian in the Later Roman Empire</i> (Cambridge Mass. 1963).<br> <br> Artillery<br> <br> Baatz, D., <i> Bauten und Katpulte des römischen Heeres</i> (Stuttgart 1994).<br> Marsden, E.W., <i> Greek and Roman artillery: historical development</i> (Oxford 1999) 232p.<br> Marsden, E.W., <i> Greek and Roman artillery: technical treatises</i> (Oxford 1999) 277p.<br> <br> <br> Auxiliaries<br> <br> Holder, P., <i> BAR 70: Studies in the auxilia of the Roman army from Augustus to Trajan</i> (Oxford 1980).<br> Saddington, D.B., <i> The development of the Roman auxiliary forces from Caesar to Vespasian</i> (Harare 1982).<br> <br> <br> Byzantine army<br> <br> Haldon, J., <i> Warfare, state and society in the Byzantine world 565-1204</i> (London 1999) 389p.<br> Treadgold, W., <i> Byzantium and its army 284-1081</i> (Stanford 1995) 249p.<br> <br> <br> Cavalry<br> <br> Dixon, K.R. en P. Southern, <i> The Roman cavalry</i> (London 1992) 256p.<br> Hyland, A., <i> Equus. The horse in the Roman world</i> (London 1990) 285p.<br> Junkelmann, M., <i> Die Reiter Roms II</i> (Mainz 1991) 222p.<br> Junkelmann, M., <i> Die Reiter Roms III</i> (M ainz 1992) 227p.<br> Junkelmann, M., <i> Reiter wie Statuen aus Erz</i> (Mainz 1996) 126p.<br> <br> <br> Children's books<br> <br> Abranson, E., <i> Roman legionaries at the time of Julius Caesar</i> (London 1979).<br> Connolly, P., <i> The Roman Army</i> (London 1975).<br> Connolly, P., <i> Hannibal and the Enemies of Rome</i> (London 1978).<br> MacDonald, F., <i> A Roman fort</i> (Hove 1993) 48p.<br> <br> <br> Equipment<br> <br> Bishop, M.C., and J.C. Couston, <i> Roman military equipment</i> Shire Archaeology 59 (Princes Risborough 1989) 76p.<br> Bishop, M.C., and J.C. Coulston, <i> Roman military equipment</i> (London 1993) 256p.<br> Feugère, M., <i> Les armes des Romains</i> (Paris 1993) 287p.<br> Stephenson, I.P., <i> Roman infantry equipment. The later empire</i> (Stroud 1999) 128p.<br> <br> <br> Face of battle<br> <br> Cornell, T., B. Rankov and P. Sabin (ed.), <i> The second Punic war: a reappraisal</i> (London 1996) 117p.<br> Goldsworthy, A.K., <i> The Roman army at war 100 BC-200AD</i> (Oxford 1996) 311p.<br> Sabin, P., 'The face of Roman battle' in: <i> Journal of Roman Studies</i> 90 (2000), 1-17.<br> Zhmodikov, A., 'Roman republican heavy infantrymen in battle' in: <i> Historia</i> 49 (2000), 67-78.<br> <br> <br> Fortifications<br> <br> Connolly, P., <i> The Roman fort</i> (Oxford 1991) 32p.<br> Johnson, A., <i> Roman Forts</i> (London 1983).<br> Lander, J., <i> BAR 206. Roman Stone Fortifications from the First Century AD to the Fourth</i> (Oxford 1984).<br> Von Petrikovits, H., 'Fortifications in the northwestern Roman Empire from the third to the fifth centuries AD' in: <i> Journal of Roman Studies</i> 61 (1971), 178-218.<br> <br> <br> Hierarchy, officers and other ranks<br> <br> Breeze, D. and Dobson, B., <i> Roman Officers & Frontiers</i> (Stuttgart 1993).<br> Campbell, B., <i> The emperor and the Roman army 31BC-AD235</i> (Oxford 1984) 468p.<br> <br> <br> General introduction to the Roman army<br> <br> Bohec, Y. Le, <i> L'armée Romaine</i> (Paris 1989) 287p. English translation <i> The imperial Roman army</i>.<br> Connolly, P., <i> Greece and Rome at war</i> (London 1981) 320p.<br> Goldsworthy, A., <i> Roman warfare</i> (London 2000) 224p.<br> Hackett, J. (ed.), <i> Warfare in the ancient world</i> (London 1989) 256p.<br> Keppie, L., <i> The making of the Roman Army from republic to empire</i> (2nd edition) (London 1998) 272p.<br> Webster, G., <i> The Roman Imperial Army</i> (3rd ed. London 1985) 343p.<br> <br> <br> Guards<br> <br> Durry, M., <i> Les cohortes pretoriennes</i> (Paris 1939).<br> Rankov, B., <i> The Praetorian Guard</i> Elite 50 (1994) 64p.<br> Speidel, M.P., <i> Guards of the Roman armies</i> (Bonn 1978) 149p.<br> Speidel, M.P., <i> Riding for Caesar. The Roman emperors' horse guard</i> (London 1994) 223p.<br> <br> <br> Late Roman army<br> <br> Dixon, K.R. and P. Southern, <i> The late Roman army</i> (London 1996) 206p.<br> Elton, H., <i> Warfare in Roman Europe AD 350-425</i> (Oxford 1996) 312p.<br> MacDowall, S., <i> Late Roman Infantryman</i> Warrior 9 (London 1994) 64p.<br> MacDowall, S., <i> Late Roman Cavalryman</i> Warrior 15 (London 1995) 64p.<br> Nicasie, M.J., <i> The twilight of empire. The Roman army from the reign of Diocletian until the battle of Adrianople</i> (Amsterdam 1998)321p.<br> <br> <br> Legions<br> <br> Brewer, R.J. (ed.), <i> Roman fortresses and their legions</i> (London 2000) 187p.<br> Junkelmann, M., <i> Die Legionen des Augustus</i> (Mainz 1986) 313p.<br> Speidel, M.P., <i> The framework of an imperial legion</i> (Cardiff 1992) 47p.<br> <br> <br> Logistics<br> <br> Erdkamp, P., <i> Hunger and the sword. Warfare and food supply in Roman republican wars (264 - 30 BC)</i> (Amsterdam 1998) 324p.<br> Junkelmann, M., <i> Panis militaris</i> (Mainz 1997) 254p.<br> Roth, J.P., <i> The logistics of the Roman army at war (264 BC - AD 235)</i> (Leiden 1999) 400p.<br> Wierschowski, L., <i> Heer und Wirtschaft. Das römische Heer der Prinzipatszeit als Wirtschaftsfaktor</i> (Bonn 1984) 345p.<br> <br> <br> Navy<br> <br> Reddé, M., <i> Mare Nostrum</i> (Paris 1986).<br> Starr, C.G., <i> The Roman imperial navy</i> (New York 1941) 228p.<br> <br> <br> Ninth legion<br> <br> Birley, E.B., 'The fate of the Ninth Legion' in: Butler, R.M. (ed.) <i> Soldier and civilian in Roman Yorkshire</i> (Leicester 1971), 71-80.<br> Eck, W., 'Zum Ende der legio IX Hispana' in: <i> Chiron</i> 2 (1972), 459- 462.<br> Keppie, L., 'The fate of the ninth legion. A problem for the eastern provinces ?' in: D.H. French and C.S. Lightfoot (ed.), <i> BAR(i) 553 The eastern frontier of the Roman empire</i> (Oxford 1989), 247-255.<br> Sijpesteijn, P.J., 'Die legio nona Hispana in Nimwegen' in: <i> Zeitschrift fuer Papyrologie und Epigraphik</i> 111 (1996), 281-282.<br> <br> <br> Punic Wars<br> <br> Goldsworthy, A., <i> The Punic wars</i> (London 2000) 412p.<br> Lazenby, J., <i> Hannibal's war</i> (Warminster 1978)340p.<br> Lazenby, J., <i> The first Punic war</i> (London 1996) 205p.<br> <br> <br> Reconstructions<br> <br> Peterson, D., <i> Roman legions recreated in colour photographs</i> (London 1992).<br> <br> <br> Recruitment<br> <br> Brunt, P.A., 'Conscription and volunteering in the Roman imperial army' in: <i> Roman imperial themes</i> (Oxford 1990), 188-214.<br> Forni, G., <i> Il reclutamento delle legioni da Augusto a Diocleziano</i> (Milan 1953).<br> Mann, J.C., <i> Legionary recruitment and veteran settlement during the principate</i> (London 1983) 184p.<br> <br> <br> Republican army<br> <br> Sekunda, N. en S. Northwood, <i> Early Roman Armies</i> Men-At-Arms 283 (London 1995) 48p.<br> Sekunda, N., <i> Republican Roman army 200-104 BC</i> Men-At-Arms 291 (London 1996) 48p.<br> <br> <br> Service conditions<br> <br> Alston, R., 'Roman military pay from Caesar to Diocletian' in: <i> Journal of Roman Studies</i> 84 (1994), 113-123.<br> Speidel, M.A., 'Roman army pay scales' in: <i> Journal of Roman Studies</i> 82 (1992), 87-106.<br> <br> <br> Source translations<br> <br> Campbell, B., <i> The Roman army 31 BC-AD 337: a source book</i> (London 1994) 272p.<br> Dennis, G.T., <i> Maurice's Strategikon. handbook of Byzantine military strategy</i> ( Philadelphia 1984)178p.<br> DeVoto, J.G., <i> Flavius Arrianus: Technè Taktika (Tactical handbook) and Ektaxis kata Alanoon (The expedition against the Alans)</i> (Chicago 1993) 132p.<br> Milner, N.P., <i> Vegetius: epitome of military science</i> (Liverpool 1993) 152p.<br> <br> <br> Strategy<br> <br> Austin, N.J.E. and N.B. Rankov, <i> Exploratio. Military intelligence in the Roman world from the second Punic war to the battle of Adrianople</i> (London 1995) 292p.<br> Harris, W.V., <i> War and imperialism in republican Rome 327-70 BC</i> (Oxford 1979) 293p.<br> Isaac, B., <i> The limits of empire. The Roman army in the East (rev. ed.)</i> (Oxford 1993) 519p.<br> Luttwak, E.N., <i> The grand strategy of the Roman Empire</i> (Baltimore 1976) 255p.<br> Mann, J.C., 'The frontiers of the principate' in: <i> Aufstieg und Niedergang der Roemischen Welt</i> II-1 (1975), 508-533.<br> Mann, J.C., 'Power, force and the frontiers of the empire' in: <i> Journal of Roman Studies</i> 69 (1979), 175-183.<br> Mattern, S.P., <i> Rome and the enemy. Imperial strategy in the principate</i> (Berkeley 1999) 259p.<br> <br> <br> Training<br> <br> Horsmann, G., <i> Untersuchungen zur militärischen Ausbildung im republikanischen und kaiserzeitlichen Rom</i> (Boppard am Rhein 1991).<br> Hyland, A., <i> Training the Roman cavalry from Arrian's Tactica</i> (Alan Sutton 1993).<br> <p></p><i></i> Re: Good Ones - Anonymous - 10-04-2001 Perfecte!<br> <br> I couldn't ask for a better list Sander! Thanks!<br> Thanks to you too Casca Tarquinius!<br> <br> ~Quintus<br> <br> *The hard part is making up my mind! E EM <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/uquintusromanus.showPublicProfile?language=EN>Quintus Romanus</A> at: 10/4/01 4:09:04 pm<br></i> Re: Good Ones - Anonymous - 10-05-2001 Do these two come in English translations Sander?<br> <br> Eck, W., 'Zum Ende der legio IX Hispana' in: Chiron 2 (1972), 459- 462.<br> <br> and<br> <br> Sijpesteijn, P.J., 'Die legio nona Hispana in Nimwegen' in: Zeitschrift fuer Papyrologie und Epigraphik 111 (1996), 281-282.<br> <p>Veni Vidi Bibi</p><i></i> Re: Good Ones - JRSCline - 10-05-2001 If you pay him enough, they might! E EM <p></p><i></i> Ditto the English - Anonymous - 10-05-2001 I need Durry's "Les Cohortes..." in english. Any hints (money is seldom an issue when you're desperate or committed)? I can see it now..."Translated by Sander van Dorst". <p></p><i></i> |