The Army of Herod the Great; (New Osprey)

[alanhuffines]

Just got this Saturday. I believe it was supposed to have been illustrated by the late McBride originally, but is done by Christa Hook. I have not finished it yet, but I did notice the illustrations have men wearing the "G" or gamma on the corners of their cloaks. Wasn't the gamma to be used on feminine cloaks (P. Connolly, "Living in the Time of Christ")? Of additional interest, the plate descriptions refer to the "G" as an "L". There is also a lack of tassels on the Judeans' cloaks.

Hat's off to the author and illustrator for the attempt at a difficult topic.

I apologize if this has been covered here already. Am only recently back from Iraq and have been in and out of touch since JAN 2008 or so.