03-09-2005, 12:40 AM
Hon. Mr. Cowan:<br>
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What is remarkable to me is that this new run of Osprey volumes on Roman legionaries completely miss the era represented by the most famous and most Roman military monument of all-- Trajan's Column! Here you have the Imperial Roman army at its very peak, arrayed in campaign order, with all of its elements-- legionaries, officers, auxiliaries, engineers, scouts, etc.-- rendered in extreme (if not always trustworthy) detail. Yet the dates of the Dacian campaigns and the monument's completion (estimated ca. AD 115-11 fall outside the dates of both Warrior 71 and 72.<br>
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How about some sort of special publication, as in "Trajan's Army," or "The Legions of Trajan's Column," or some such, which would basically take the reliefs of Trajan's Column and turn them into modern, full-color artworks, with explanatory texts? I'd certainly buy a copy, as I'm sure would every other Roman reenactor. Of course, if sales of Warrior 71 and 72 are disappointing (and I'm having a hard time believing this is the case, given that everyone I know has bought them, but then again, I have to keep reminding myself I'm in a pretty narrowly specialized hobby...), it may be because they skip over this all-important era.<br>
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T. Flavius Crispus<br>
Legio VI VPF<br>
CA, USA <p></p><i></i>
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What is remarkable to me is that this new run of Osprey volumes on Roman legionaries completely miss the era represented by the most famous and most Roman military monument of all-- Trajan's Column! Here you have the Imperial Roman army at its very peak, arrayed in campaign order, with all of its elements-- legionaries, officers, auxiliaries, engineers, scouts, etc.-- rendered in extreme (if not always trustworthy) detail. Yet the dates of the Dacian campaigns and the monument's completion (estimated ca. AD 115-11 fall outside the dates of both Warrior 71 and 72.<br>
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How about some sort of special publication, as in "Trajan's Army," or "The Legions of Trajan's Column," or some such, which would basically take the reliefs of Trajan's Column and turn them into modern, full-color artworks, with explanatory texts? I'd certainly buy a copy, as I'm sure would every other Roman reenactor. Of course, if sales of Warrior 71 and 72 are disappointing (and I'm having a hard time believing this is the case, given that everyone I know has bought them, but then again, I have to keep reminding myself I'm in a pretty narrowly specialized hobby...), it may be because they skip over this all-important era.<br>
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T. Flavius Crispus<br>
Legio VI VPF<br>
CA, USA <p></p><i></i>
T. Flavius Crispus / David S. Michaels
Centurio Pilus Prior,
Legio VI VPF
CA, USA
"Oderint dum probent."
Tiberius
Centurio Pilus Prior,
Legio VI VPF
CA, USA
"Oderint dum probent."
Tiberius
