08-29-2010, 03:46 AM
So I finished reading "Centurion" by L.D. Alford a while back. If you want to know how legionaries trained, how they rose through the ranks, and how they actually fought, this book gives a good account. Apparently, the author visited Rome, Jerusalem, and other places to learn first-hand what was required to make a legionary.
Most members of R.A.T. probably already know most of the information outlined in the book, but despite my decades of interest in the topic of Rome's legions, I've only just now, within the last year, begun taking time to research. So this book was good for me, a newbie to the Roman way of training, using and disciplining troops. I really enjoyed it.
Most members of R.A.T. probably already know most of the information outlined in the book, but despite my decades of interest in the topic of Rome's legions, I've only just now, within the last year, begun taking time to research. So this book was good for me, a newbie to the Roman way of training, using and disciplining troops. I really enjoyed it.
Bellatrix
a.k.a. Lisa Gail
Nil illegitimi carborundum...Don\'t let the ba*tards get you down.
Luctor et emergo...I struggle and I arise.
a.k.a. Lisa Gail
Nil illegitimi carborundum...Don\'t let the ba*tards get you down.
Luctor et emergo...I struggle and I arise.