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Roman Infantry Equipment: The Later Empire [ILLUSTRATED] - Chuck Russell - 01-18-2007
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/075241 ... Q4S6UDHVU9
Roman Infantry Equipment: The Later Empire [ILLUSTRATED]
by I. P. Stephenson
Product Details
* Paperback: 144 pages
* Publisher: Tempus Publishing, Limited; New Ed edition (February 2001)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0752419080
* ISBN-13: 978-0752419084
* Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.5 x 0.4 inches
* Shipping Weight: 12.96 ounces
is this book any good? i'm in the usa, and it has to be imported from the UK to get most of the time. is it worth the shipping costs?
Re: Roman Infantry Equipment: The Later Empire [ILLUSTRATED] - aitor iriarte - 01-18-2007
[size=150:36u03h7x]NO[/size]
Believe me, don't repeat my mistake...
Aitor
Re: Roman Infantry Equipment: The Later Empire [ILLUSTRATED] - Primvs Pavlvs - 01-18-2007
Thanks Aitor I was actually looking at this myself.
Re: Roman Infantry Equipment: The Later Empire [ILLUSTRATED] - caiusbeerquitius - 01-18-2007
Yup, that´s a really bad book. BUT, it gives you a sort of a summary overview. You just have to be able to seperate good from bad. "critical method" that is.
If you are new to the third century, it´s still worth reading (not buying), I´d say. Also it is very nice to find all the mistakes in the book step by step while you read more other stuff about the period.
Re: Roman Infantry Equipment: The Later Empire [ILLUSTRATED] - Robert Vermaat - 01-19-2007
I say buy it half-priced or less if that's on offer. A nice book to have as has been said by the others, but no believe all he writes! Too bad his books are selling so well - this is his third for Tempus..
Paul, when is your book going to be published so we can heavily promote it?
maybe - Caius Fabius - 01-19-2007
try to get it via interlibrary loan, you'll see why it is not a recommended book, in fact I don't appreciate any of his Late Roman books, and the illustrations are horrid.
Re: maybe - Gäiten - 01-26-2009
What is so bad with that book?
IMHO it is well written and the author is presenting his ideas very reasonable.