02-08-2012, 11:35 PM
I posted a review of the book on Amazon, mainly as a (somewhat outnumbered) dissenting voice to the storm of rave reviews that it received.
I must admit a gave it a go against my better judgement - I had previously read his books on individual legions and they were somewhat error-prone to say the least. This one was entirely in line with my expectations.
I was later slightly relieved to be "joined" by a like-minded reviewer in the shape of Dr Michael Thomas, but look at all the other reviews! The man (i.e. Dando Collins, not Dr Thomas) is probably one of the best-selling authors on the Roman army and he still repeats his misinformation, the outstanding one for me being the bizarre claim that individual legions only recruited once every 25 years. Oh dearie me!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/...addOneStar
I must admit a gave it a go against my better judgement - I had previously read his books on individual legions and they were somewhat error-prone to say the least. This one was entirely in line with my expectations.
I was later slightly relieved to be "joined" by a like-minded reviewer in the shape of Dr Michael Thomas, but look at all the other reviews! The man (i.e. Dando Collins, not Dr Thomas) is probably one of the best-selling authors on the Roman army and he still repeats his misinformation, the outstanding one for me being the bizarre claim that individual legions only recruited once every 25 years. Oh dearie me!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/...addOneStar
