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Mark Antony's heroes
how the third Gallica Legion saved an apostle and created an Emperor
By Dando-Collins, Stephen
- ISBN
- 978-0-47178-899-7
- Publisher
- Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley ; 2006.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on January 15, 2007
The analysis of military tactics and players should be a carefully crafted exercise in historiography. It cannot be merely a laundry list of troop numbers (which should be in an appendix), but it cannot offer too much narrative elaboration, or one can end up with virtually fictional characters. Unfortunately, Dando-Collins (Caesar's Legion ) displays both tendencies in his new book. The author is a good storyteller, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
