Most historically accurate Roman Army novels?

[FlorivsVirilis]

Simmon Scarrow is TERRIBLE!!! All of his dialogue is modern, stolen from popularized Hollywood movies. Scarrow doesn't even come close to exploring the actual culture of Rome or the Legions, giving the book a very shallow sense of the period he's writing in. You could transplant the two main characters into any period and they would fit because of this.

I would recommend Colleen McCullough, and "The Masters of Rome" series.

I do get what you mean in a way, but the modern dialogue, for me, makes the characters more believable, especially the slang, I just think that it's an attempt to portray 'vulgar latin' in English, not to popularise it. I do think that the culture of Rome should be explored more to a degree, but it's just a matter of getting into the series. Personally, I can't put the books down - but books, as a rule, are things of personal preference.

I've never got my hands on any of Colleen McCullough books, however, I should give them a read, really.