02-17-2004, 01:37 AM
There is a fair thread about it on page 8 of "References and Reviews," the last post being 9/18/02.<br>
I own a copy and do not personally recommend it due to numerous errors in the history and some of his other facts. One of his most glaring factual errors occurs in the section he included about other legions where he has Legion XVIII continuing well after the Varus Disaster. Obviously he is not familiar with the cenotaph of Centurion M. Caelius of Legion XVIII, who was killed along with his two freedman in the "Bello Variano". From that date, 9 CE, there is a conspicuous gap in the Legions (No reuse of XVII, XVIII or XIX).<br>
I don't think Collins was quite able to decide whether he was writing fiction or non-fiction.<br>
Read the other comments in the Thread on "References and Reviews," and go from there.<br>
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Quintius Clavus<br>
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I own a copy and do not personally recommend it due to numerous errors in the history and some of his other facts. One of his most glaring factual errors occurs in the section he included about other legions where he has Legion XVIII continuing well after the Varus Disaster. Obviously he is not familiar with the cenotaph of Centurion M. Caelius of Legion XVIII, who was killed along with his two freedman in the "Bello Variano". From that date, 9 CE, there is a conspicuous gap in the Legions (No reuse of XVII, XVIII or XIX).<br>
I don't think Collins was quite able to decide whether he was writing fiction or non-fiction.<br>
Read the other comments in the Thread on "References and Reviews," and go from there.<br>
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Quintius Clavus<br>
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Quinton Johansen
Marcus Quintius Clavus, Optio Secundae Pili Prioris Legionis III Cyrenaicae
Marcus Quintius Clavus, Optio Secundae Pili Prioris Legionis III Cyrenaicae
