11-25-2008, 04:38 PM
Quote:Hi Steven,
Congratulations. It sounds like a must have book. Not just for reenactors and fellow historians, but even for writers.
Post something from time to time on your progress toward publishing.
Tom
I've broken the book into three volumes. This has been due to the amount of detail being covered. The publishing aspect has gotten me down in the last month as the publishing companies I am in communication with are specifying periods of up to three years after completion of the writing before publishing. Now all I can think of is they want to clear old stock, but I can't confirm this.
My research has been hailed as the most monumental work on the Roman army in the last 500 years and it gets the "go slow" treatment by the publishing world. This is beyond my comprehension. All is hopefully not lost though, there are other publishing houses I am talking to.
As stated before on this forum, I use every piece of mathematics found in the primary sources. For example, my tribal levy numbers for the period before the sack of Rome is just under 40,000 men registered in the tribes. And what does Plutarch give the Roman army at the Allia as---just under 40,000 men. Now I can prove without a doubt that Plutarch has incorrectly used the tribal levy for the Roman army at the Allia.
Other example is Livy during the Second Punic War gives the number of men levied and then goes on to explain how Rome's manpower reserves was precarious. Livy is correct as my numbers show with over 20 legions levied, there is a reserve of only 15,000 men left in the tribal levy system.
