06-03-2012, 10:55 PM
Quote:Mithras post=313643 Wrote:I've written a gritty novel of the Julian invasion from the viewpoint of a new recruit... he's the dupe who ends up assassinating Julian in the midst of battle.You should take a look at Gods and Legions (if you haven't already!). The Persian campaign scenes (at the beginning and end of the novel) are the best bit of it: he does the 'death of Julian' scene well, and provides an interesting culprit. That said, I prefer Vidal's take on it...
I have read that novel, but the jarring thing there was that the 'narrator/hero' was Julian's doctor giving his account of Julian's reign, but the doctor really doesn't like Julian, and this gives the whole novel a disturbing, biased kind of slant. Oh..and Dura Europus has just been abandoned by the retreating Persians ... (IIRC)
Paul Elliott
Legions in Crisis
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/17815...d_i=468294
Charting the Third Century military crisis - with a focus on the change in weapons and tactics.
Legions in Crisis
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/17815...d_i=468294
Charting the Third Century military crisis - with a focus on the change in weapons and tactics.
