The Late Roman Army, by Gabrielle Esposito, Art by Giuseppe - a Review

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I saw that Graham, I thought it a tad unfair as generally artists are commissioned to create pieces based on what the author tells them what they want.

And to be honest this is also an issue. People draw their views of the Roman army from these artists, who often are given inadequate information or representations of the Late Roman army to work with. That's how we end up with things like the godawful depictions of ridge helmets in the Chalons Osprey book, or the Colonge Spatha on a 5th Century soldier.