03-12-2013, 03:23 AM
Hi, First post here. I've lately become very interested in Roman Military history, I've been dabbling in ancient roman coin collecting for many years and am especially a fan of the Antony Legionary denarius.
In my reading I've found a lot of really old books available in Kindle format. Including several books by Felix Dahn. "prisoner of the roman eagles" and "a struggle for rome series."
Additionally I was terribly disappointed by the Dando Collins book "Legions of Rome" a search here revealed why I think.
I've also gotten the first book by R.W.Peake - "Marching with Caesar Conquest of Gaul" which I'm really enjoying, I had read Caesar's book on the gallic wars many years ago.
Any rate, collective thought on the Peake and Dahn books, tho I think more oriented toward the lay reader, like myself and more entertainment than scholarly.
I'm enjoying reading over some of the threads here!
Chris
In my reading I've found a lot of really old books available in Kindle format. Including several books by Felix Dahn. "prisoner of the roman eagles" and "a struggle for rome series."
Additionally I was terribly disappointed by the Dando Collins book "Legions of Rome" a search here revealed why I think.
I've also gotten the first book by R.W.Peake - "Marching with Caesar Conquest of Gaul" which I'm really enjoying, I had read Caesar's book on the gallic wars many years ago.
Any rate, collective thought on the Peake and Dahn books, tho I think more oriented toward the lay reader, like myself and more entertainment than scholarly.
I'm enjoying reading over some of the threads here!
Chris