A new book on Roman Military Equipment

[mcbishop]

The Good Dr Coulston put me onto this, and humble forelock-tuggings if it has been mentioned already (couldn't find it with a wiggle of the search facility), but the most excellent Ernst Künzl has a new book on the way from Schnell and Steiner entitled Unter den goldenen Adlern (which is presumably a risky place to be, to judge by the seagulls in Berwick-upon-Tweed...). Yes, I know it's in German; either learn it or persuade someone to publish it in English (it worked with Michel Feugère's book). Failing that, just look at the pictures...

Mike Bishop

[Robert Vermaat]

I moved this excellent information to the proper section.

Added: information from the publisher:

Ernst Künzl
Unter den goldenen Adlern. Der Waffenschmuck des römischen Imperiums
1. Aufl. 2008
160 S., über 150 meist frabige Abb., Karten
ISBN: 978-3-7954-2011-6
24,90 Euro/ 44,90 SFr

Griechen und Römer des Altertums dekorierten ihre Waffen mit Motiven und Zeichen, die Sieg und Glück verheißen sollten. Einige Teile der Ausrüstung wie Feldzeichen und die Aufmachung der hohen Offiziere waren festgelegt, beim Waffenschmuck jedoch ließ man den Soldaten einen großen Freiraum. Auf den Waffen findet man deshalb Zeichen vielfältiger religiöser und politischer Strömungen. Sogar die Tagespolitik hinterließ ihre Spuren.
Reich illustriert, bietet dieses Sachbuch spannende wie authentische Eindrücke in den Alltag der römischen Legionen.



Hmm, I know those images from somewhere... :wink:

[Tarbicus]

In case you were wondering, like I was, the title means Under the golden eagles. The weapon decoration of the Roman empire. Apparently it has lots of nice pics.

[Praefectusclassis]

Better get a review copy for Ancient Warfare! Thanks for the tip-off Mike!

[Marcus Mummius]

I ordered this one last week

[Virilis]

Just ordered it from amazon.de !

[Caballo]

Let us know what its like? Working out whether to get a copy, or whether it would be duplication.....
Cheers

Caballo

[markusaurelius]

Does anyone know if it has good late Roman coverage. I find many of these books follow the mainstream Roman era....ie Republic to Marcus Aurelius....

[Ioannes_Ahenobarbus]

Looks like I really do have a good reason to brush up on my German reading skills.

[Virilis]

Got it!

Lots of coulour photographs of decorations on helmets and weapons etc. Reconstruction pics by Connolly (the old ones). I just wish my skills in german lanquage were better. In short veery interesting !

[Marcus Mummius]

I only had a chance to quickly browse through the book but it looks a lot better than I expected.

Very interesting stuff, and featuring an aspect of military equipment that hasn't been written about very much.