Next Osprey warrior title

[mcbishop]

Headhunters and drinkers of blood!

On the principal of 'if you like that, you'll like this' Guy Stiebel has just published a paper that might be of interest:

G.D. Stiebel 2005: 'Scalping in Roman Palestine - "minime Romanum sacrum"?'', Scripta Classica Israelica XXIV, 151-62

Mike Bishop

[Tarbicus]

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Headhunters and drinkers of blood!

On the principal of 'if you like that, you'll like this' Guy Stiebel has just published a paper that might be of interest:

G.D. Stiebel 2005: 'Scalping in Roman Palestine - "minime Romanum sacrum"?'', Scripta Classica Israelica XXIV, 151-62

Well, no, don't get me wrong...

But, okay, available from the Institute of Archaeology in Jerusalem:
[url:2g35dc5t]http://archaeology.huji.ac.il/depart/classical/guys/publications.html[/url]

Cheers.

[Arthes]

Greetings

Our next Warrior title focusing on Rome is 'Roman Auxiliary Cavalryman'

I am really looking forward to this one.....being a favourite pet subject.. :lol:
The Sarmatians were headhunters and also drank blood, but of horses, mixed with meal. It is thought to be the originator of black pudding over in Lancashire...where, of course, they were based at Bremetenacum
According to Osprey Rome's Enemies 2 Gallic and British Celts (my copy is from 1991) - Trajans Cavalry Guard with the heads are Gallic. There is a rather nice drawing of them (sorry, don't have a scanner at home at the moment )
regards
Arthes

[Vincula]

Anyway, whatever happened to their promised book on Legionary Fortresses?

Just noticed this:

www.ospreypublishing.com/title_detail.php/title=S8952

[Aaron Larsen]

For instance, a picture of a phalangite would be in order, I think, in a book about Alexander's army. Taking real helmets of the period as models would have been a good idea too..

Just got my copy of the latest Osprey Jan-June catalogue, and all I can say is "Yeah Osprey!" Looks like lots of good stuff is coming this way. To wit (If I've figured out how to post an image here, correctly):



Looking forward to checking this out and hoping it has some of the information that I've always wished was in Sekunda's Osprey title on Alexander's Army.

[Robert Vermaat]

Don't torture us - the Osprey site only gives info of the releases up to April! So tell me - what's coming?

[Aaron Larsen]

OOps, sorry, I guess I still haven't figured out how to post pictures, here. :oops:

I'll try again, here's the text describing it. This is, apparently due for an April release, though, so you should be able to check it out for yourself as well.



Macedonian Warrior
Alexander's elite infantryman
(Warrior 103)

Author: Waldemar Heckel
Illustrator: Christa Hook

US Price: $17.95
UK Price: £11.50

Availability: Not yet published
Paperback; April 25 2006; 64 pages; ISBN: 1841769509

About this book
During the reigns of Philip II and Alexander the Great, the Macedonian Army – the phalangites – were reformed and drilled into an invincible fighting force with unique tactics and weaponry. The Macedonian warrior during his service would march over 20,000 miles in the most diverse climates and terrains, fighting in four of the epoch battles of the time. This book examines their initial training, rise to an elite unit under Alexander the Great, and eventual defeat at the battle of Pydna, 168 BC. The daily life, weaponry, experience, and motivations of these men are detailed, using primary sources and anecdotal material.

So, there you go. I'll also cross check the catalog I received and see if there are any other upcoming titles listed there but not yet on the sight.

Meanwhile, sorry again about the picture-posting incompetence :oops:

Sincerely,

A.
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[Robert Vermaat]

Meanwhile, sorry again about the picture-posting incompetence :oops:

Don't fret about it, it's the front of the old Men at Arms book:

You enter [img](or%20press%20the%20button%20above),%20the%20paste%20the%20url%20of%20the%20link,%20in%20this%20case%20http://www.ospreypublishing.com/osp_img/titlecovers/S9509AL.JPG,%20then%20type[/img] (or again press the button. If the image is too big you'll be told so by the forum guard. :twisted: In that case, paste the link, it will then become a link to the picture.

[Cornelius Quintus]

Avete omnes,

has anyone information about a title Robert showed here long ago:

'Rome and her Enemies' by Jane Penrose

There's a German translation available, but I can't find out the book's content by just looking at the cover :wink:
I also found no detailed review on the English version.

Worth buying or not?

[Praefectusclassis]

Yes, I have it. It's one of Osprey's hardbacks that combines (partial?) new text with other material from their standard books. I haven't read it from back to back (doh, like about 75% of my books), but it seems nice. I would tend to think that if you are complete on Osprey's ancients, you probably won't find much new material here.

[Cornelius Quintus]

Ave Jasper,

thanks & laudes! That information about the book was exactly what I was looking for.

I'll look for the English version at a nice price then, just to complete my library. The few German translations of Osprey titles I saw before were gruesome - as i someone without any knowledge of that topic had used an on-line instant translation tool...

[Nectanebo]

About 15 years ago I wrote to Osprey bugging them to write an Osprey Warrior book, they wrote back suggesting I write it myself and even sent the criteria for a Warrior book! I actually made a start but real life intervened. The partially finished draft manuscript is now collecting dust in my parents house.


BTW, has anyone noticed these forthcoming titles
http://www.ospreypublishing.com/title_d ... 842~per=40
http://www.ospreypublishing.com/title_d ... 451~per=40
http://www.ospreypublishing.com/title_d ... 749~per=40
http://www.ospreypublishing.com/title_d ... 052~per=41

[Robert Vermaat]

Thanks Hisham!

http://www.ospreypublishing.com/title_d ... 842~per=40
From our fellow-member Ross Cowan!

http://www.ospreypublishing.com/title_d ... 052~per=41
Long overdue. and of course it creates a gap: we now hope for a book that covers the period 550-900! :wink:

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

I will have to find the tactics one, as it looks interesting!

I found two osprey, Men-at-arms titles at Leeds armoury,

The Roman Army from Caesar to Trajan,

The Roman Army from Hadrian to Constantine

They seem like gap fillers from the three legionary series mentioned before.

[Robert Vermaat]

The Roman Army from Caesar to Trajan,
The Roman Army from Hadrian to Constantine
They seem like gap fillers from the three legionary series mentioned before.

They're not gap-fillers, they're the two oldest MAA publications about the Roman army. Not bad, but..