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For The Glory of Rome: A History of Warriors Warfare

For The Glory of Rome: A History of Warriors Warfare

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For The Glory of Rome: A History of Warriors Warfare

by Ross Cowan

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Pen and Sword, 2017. Paperback. New. New trade softcover in printed wraps. 8vo. (6.14 x 0.87 x 9.21 inches) Clean text free of marks or underlining. Includes a bibliography and an index. 272 pp.

Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Ancient Rome was uniquely bellicose. Her legionaries are often cited as the original professional soldiers and famed for their iron discipline, but they were also formidable individual warriors, sometimes berserks, who gloried in single combat, taking heads and despoiling their enemies. They were men who believed they were sired by a god of war, driven by the need to create and sustain heroic reputations, and who disrobed in public to display battle scars. Yet these same warriors read philosophy, wrote history and recited poetry. For the Glory of Rome introduces the heroic, yet utterly ruthless men who carved out the Roman Empire. The author examines the deeds of men like Siccius Dentatus, the victor of eight single combats and a hero of the common people; Decius Mus, the consul who charged into the midst of the enemy at Sentinum to devote himself to the gods of the Underworld; and the feuding centurions Pullo and Vorenus, rivals for every post and honour but bound together by their loyalty to Caesar. Ross Cowan explores the mindset of the Roman fighting men, examining their motivation, beliefs and superstitions, illuminating why they fought and died for the glory of Rome.

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For The Glory of Rome: A History of Warriors Warfare
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Ross Cowan
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Paperback
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ISBN 10
1473898765
ISBN 13
9781473898769
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Pen and Sword
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2017
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Warfare, Ancient Rome, Siccius Dentatus, Decius Mus, Underworld,
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