Next Sumner and d\'Amato book

[Theo]

Graham,

Are you able to say anything about roughly when we might expect to see your next collaborative effort - on the later aprt of the Roman Empire?

Best Wishes

Theo

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

Probably later.... :mrgreen: Sorry, couldn't help myself... :oops:

[Theo]

I'd say you need a life ...
Theo

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

I have a very good one thank you. :wink:
You could possibly do with a sense of humour though....

[Theo]

Caius,

Point taken. I apologise to you and withdraw my unkind remark.

Best Wishes

Theo

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

I can forgive you, if you can for give the opportunistic late roman joke.

[Lindsay_Powell]

I highly recommend Raffaele D’Amato's and Graham Sumner's 'Arms and Armour of the Imperial Roman Soldier 112BC-AD192', Barnsley: Frontline Books, 2009. I made some observations about it in my new blog at http://bit.ly/duHSL1

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

It is a good book. Definately worth the money.
And encouragement to get this later one you refer to. My late impression is none existant....

[jvrjenivs]

Indeed a nice book and worth the money, although I wouldn't suggest it to newbies, as it should be read with care, in my opinion. But yeah, it gives a lot of stuff to think about.

[Graham Sumner]

Hi

Just in case you missed it, Jasper has posted the following link

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ancientwa...rmour.html

to a very interesting review of Arms and Armour in the Bryn Mawr Classical Review.

Graham.

[RKotern]

It's really good book. Can't wait for next volume.

[Praefectusclassis]

Yes, the review is very interesting, mostly because I learnt a new word: recondite. A very polite way of expressing a sentiment I feel versus some parts of Raffaele's submitted texts when I edit them for Ancient Warfare.

[Virilis]

Yes, the review is very interesting, mostly because I learnt a new word: recondite. A very polite way of expressing a sentiment I feel versus some parts of Raffaele's submitted texts when I edit them for Ancient Warfare.

Is this some orwellian neo-language hock: ? Fat people are "horizontally challenged" or "possessing an alternative body image" :twisted: ...

[Praefectusclassis]

LOL You read too much into things! 8) 8)

[Paullus Scipio]

That review is a brilliant example of how not to be negative, yet convey an accurate summary of the content etc....a model review in fact! D

As well as "recondite debate with Mike Bishop", some other gems are "quirks" ( can't disagree with that! :wink: ), "diachronic" ( not a word in everyday use!), "generally not persuasive" ( nifty! one can take this phrase literally or treat it as a euphemism 8) 8) ), and a particularly nice turn of phrase to summarise the work as a whole:-
a"pseudo-revisionist return to the sculpture inspired antiquarian way of envisioning the Roman Army" - love that phraseology! D

Despite all that, and having got over my first impressions of the book, I would recommend it, but only to those with a thorough grasp of the subject - worth having if only because it contains a good pictorial survey of much of the sculptural etc evidence.......