02-19-2005, 03:22 PM
well, I have gotten through 1/3rd of the book. It is more actually a historical novel taken from the pages of history and fleshed out with lots of conjecture. I have found out loads of "interesting" stuff, like there were 10 men in a tent group in Caesar's time, Auxiliaries wore leather jerkins in the early Empire, and other of the author's theories....<br>
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Like the review on Amazon says.... "Filled with previously unknown details about Roman military practices, Nero’s Killing Machine is a riveting, eye-opening history of the men who made Rome great."<br>
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Nero's Killing Machine<br>
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<p>"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments, and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance -- that principle is contempt prior to investigation." Herbert Spencer</p><i></i>
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Like the review on Amazon says.... "Filled with previously unknown details about Roman military practices, Nero’s Killing Machine is a riveting, eye-opening history of the men who made Rome great."<br>
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Nero's Killing Machine<br>
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<p>"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments, and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance -- that principle is contempt prior to investigation." Herbert Spencer</p><i></i>
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