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Centurion by L.D. Alford - bellatrix - 08-29-2010
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.
Re: Centurion by L.D. Alford - pilotlion - 08-30-2010
I'm the author of Centurion http://www.CenturionNovel.com , and I caught your post through Google Alerts and linked to it from my blog at http://www.pilotlion.blogspot.com . I'm glad you enjoyed the novel. Over two years of research went into the book, and it is based almost excusively on ancient primary source documents mostly Latin and Greek.