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Peter Connolly
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The latest issue of *Current Archaeology* (No.177, Jan 2002) has an eight-page illustrated feature on Peter Connolly. Aimed at those who do not really know of his work, it is quite a good 'puff' for the man.<br>
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Incidentally, Peter has two papers in JRMES 11 (on the sarissa and the early *pilum*) and one in JRMES 12 (on the Oberaden *pilum* and its successor) and these should be available in April and May respectively.<br>
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#2
Good for Peter! I'm really looking forward to meeting him this summer on the Roman tour. Though I may meet him in May at the epigraphy conference. Think he will attend?<br>
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J. <p></p><i></i>
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#3
I hope this is one of those periodicals I can find! Say, has he been awarded his doctorate yet? <p>Aulus, Legio XX.
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#4
I really hope Peter gets some kind of honour for all the work he has put in. I owe him a great debt, in that his book 'Greece and Rome at War' was inspirational in getting my Eagle novels off the ground. I originally bought the book for my father's christmas present, decided to have a quick peep, and was hooked by the wonderful flow of his writing and the gritty beauty of his illustrations. It was a great pleasure (and privilege) for me to get Peter to sign my rather battered copy of the book at last year's History in Action event. He's a truly talented man and a great character. <p></p><i></i>
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#5
Hello Simon,<br>
welcome to the forum. I hope you write again and participate in our heated (sometimes) discussions. <p></p><i></i>
Jeffery Wyss
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#6
From what he was saying the other day Peter has rather given up on his doctorate (a lot of the recent work on the Colosseum he needs is unpublished) and concentating his efforts on finishing the Caesar book (there aren't many people who can claim to have been to every one of Caesar's known battle sites but I think Peter has just about managed it).<br>
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As for Simon's comment about inspirational works, I would personally have to rank pretty high the cover (colour plate 1) of *Armour of Imperial Rome* as one for me (and it is not even acknowledged prominently in the book).<br>
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Mike Bishop <p></p><i></i>
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#7
Salve,<br>
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My interest started when I got his <i> Het Romeinse leger</i> (<i> The Roman army</i>) as a kid. I had my well worn copy autographed at the ROMEC in Leiden.<br>
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Regards,<br>
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Sander van Dorst <p></p><i></i>
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#8
Me too Sander, though the first copy i had access towas one from the school library with half the pages missing. i still counted all the legionaries in his picture of the legion to make sure they were all there and he hadn't cheated . <p><i>Unless the Persians fly away like birds, hide in the earth like mice, or leap into a lake like frogs, they will never see their homes again, but will die under our arrows</i></p><i></i>
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#9
E EM<br>
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Now that I have Spartacus on DVD I can finally have a good still view of the battle formation and check the numbers there too.<br>
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Sander van Dorst <p></p><i></i>
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#10
You would! E EM<br>
Same book here too, loaned it from the library every holiday I had. <p>Greets<BR>
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Jasper</p><i></i>
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#11
Folks,
I am reading Peter Connolly's books right now.

How accurate are the illustrations to be taken? A Picture is worth a thousand words and if accurate would be of great assistance to me.

thanks,
v/r
Mike
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#12
I think Peter Connolly ilustrations are quasi 100% accurate. He's not only a very good ilustrator, he's a arcehaeologist, too.
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#13
Quote:I think Peter Connolly ilustrations are quasi 100% accurate. He's not only a very good ilustrator, he's a arcehaeologist, too.
Not always. he sometimes made odd combinations. His Trojan warriors are sometimes wearing a helmet found in Austria, to name one example.
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#14
Well, i'm thinking in roman ilustrations. The other ones i can't say it.
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#15
Yes, Connolly is the guy who originally piqued my interest in all things Greek, Roman and military back when I was a wee little lad scouring the shelves of my local public library...

Well, while we're on the subject of critiquing Connolly... What do any of y'all think about his speculations in Greece and Rome at War that the Boetian shield was used by the Thebans to facilitate the use of some sort of 2-handed pike? It sounded like a bit of a stretch to me, but it did seem to make a little bit of sense out of their odd shape.
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