04-18-2012, 05:31 PM
Quote:That is an excellent summaryThanks. It's necessarily generalised, but hopefully not too misleading :wink:
Quote:can I ask where you have learned so much about the Roman army?It's been an abiding interest for the last ten years - I just read anything I can, and make a lot of notes! You can go as deeply into the subject as you want - writers like Adrian Goldsworthy (for example) provide a solid basic introduction, but as often as not it's the smaller aspects that make up the bigger picture that are most fascinating; I sometimes find that academic books and papers on rather rarified subjects can yield the most interesting details! But there are plenty of others here much more knowledgeable.
Nathan Ross