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Caesar's Legion

The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar's Elite Tenth Legion and the Armies of Rome

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Caesar's Legion

By: Stephen Dando-Collins
Narrated by: Stuart Langton
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Stephen Dando-Collins paints a vivid and definitive portrait of daily life in the Tenth Legion as he follows Caesar and his men along the blood-soaked fringes of the Empire. This unprecedented regimental history reveals countless previously unknown details about Roman military practices, Caesar's conduct as a commander and his relationships with officers and legionnaires, and the daily routine and discipline of the Legion.

From penetrating insights into the mind of history's greatest general to a grunt's-eye view of the gruesome realities of war in the Classical Age, this unique and riveting true account sets a new standard of excellence and detail to which all authors of ancient military history will now aspire.

©2002 Stephen Dando-Collins (P)2005 Blackstone Audiobooks Wars & Conflicts Ancient Military Rome War Italy World Middle Ages Roman Warfare
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"Written in a readable, popular style, this book is a must for military buffs and anyone interested in Roman history at a critical point in European civilization." (T.R. Fehrenbach, author of Lone Star)

Detailed Military History • Engaging Historical Narrative • Comprehensive Roman Perspective • Well-researched Content

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This book was well written, well researched, and well narrated but it runs the risk of fictionalizing history for some purists. The author does a masterful job of placing evidence from various primary sources into a well-designed chronological story but it is hard to tell when he is quoting and when he is imagining how history might have happened. For the scholar, be wary of any dialogue that seem to come too easy but it is still very much worthwhile. For the casual historian, this is the way to read Caesar!

Compiles primary sources into a coherent story

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I thought I was getting something Roman legionary fictional like the Artorian Chronicles when I got this. Literally thought to myself, this preface of Caesar is really in depth for the first 20 minutes! Fortunately I love a good history lesson and this was a good one that goes hundreds of years past the death of Julius Caesar until the end of the Roman Empire.

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Great book, followed the mighty Legio X from beginning with Gaius Julius Caesar all the way through the first Jewish war until it’s end. A lot of detail and history. I loved it..

Awesome

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from soldiers perspective well done. literary licences taken comparing new and old terms is fine. this is not written as the definitive document so ignore the negative nitpicking.
an excellent visual accompanyment is the free Kings and Generals "Ceasers Civil Wars" channel on Youtube.

good points of view on the ground

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I have read War of the Jews by F. Josephus and enjoyed this book very much.

Entertaining

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