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Reliable Roman Army Historians - Protectores Donutici - 10-17-2017
I recently found out that the work of Stephen Dando Collins seems to be regarded with disdain on this forum. I realize that there is a lot of disagreement over interpretation of artifacts and such but does there happen to be any authors/historians whose work contains info which there is a general consensus on or is backed by physical evidence (which DC's work appears lack)?
Thanks,
RE: Reliable Roman Army Historians - Nathan Ross - 10-17-2017
(10-17-2017, 07:07 PM)Protectores Donutici Wrote: does there happen to be any authors/historians whose work contains info which there is a general consensus
There are always going to be disagreements on interpretation of evidence, but I'd say any of the following recent books would give a solid general introduction, backed up by current scholarship:
Complete Roman Legions - Pollard & Berry
Complete Roman Army - Goldsworthy
Roman Battle Tactics - Cowan
Rome and the Sword - James
RE: Reliable Roman Army Historians - Gunthamund Hasding - 10-19-2017
Complete Roman Army Goldsworthy would be my favorite, extremely complex but easy to read, goes very in depth and explains good lots of things, Cowan is also interesting I would say in parts it complements Goldsworthy. Both worth the money
I didn't read the other ones
RE: Reliable Roman Army Historians - Praefectusclassis - 11-16-2017
Me! ;-)