Caesar's Legion: The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar's Elite Tenth Legion and the Armies of Rome PDF
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' $24.93 I S.\ s:*7.50CAN They were the most lamous and accom- plished military unit ol their day, raised personallyhyJuliusCaesarastheiirststep in his relentless c|uest lor glory and power. Caesars Tenth Legion took the lead role in all ol his battles, Irom their bloody ini- tiation in Spain and Portugal to the con- quest ol Gaul, the invasion ol Britain, and o the battles ol the civil war. In Caesars CO Legion, Stephen Dando-Collins provides JLD. s*— o an extraordinarily detailed history ol the _J <.N| Tenth Legion—itsollicers, itsmen, andits o < «• • incredible string ol victories, which con- 3 :> tinued even alter Caesars death with the CL c Siege olJerusalem. C o Based on the authors thirty years ol o painstaking research into the Roman mil- *-< 0o) (0 o itary, using sources ranging Irom classical CQ CD texts to tombstone inscriptions, this unprecedented regimental history paints commonly vivid portrait ol daily lile ii gion as it Follow* Caesar and his n.en alon% e blood-soaked Iringes ol rthe Empire. It was here that ambitious Romans built reputations through con- cjuest. raw recruits became hardened loot soldiers, and the lenth Legion became a — hilling machine marching, digging, charging, ramming down gates, scaling battlements, storming through towns and -. and slaughtering anyone who in their way. ! caesar's legion THE EPIC SAGA OF JULIUS CAESAR'S ELITE TENTH LEGION AND THE ARMIES OF ROME STEPHEN DANDO-COLLINS & John Wiley Sons, Inc. BR BR DG241 .D26 2O02X © Copyright 2002 by Stephen DandoCollins. All rights reserved Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York Published simultaneously in Canada No part ofthis publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise, except as permitted under Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authoriza- tion through payment ofthe appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, MA 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 750-4744. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158-0012, (212) 850-6011, fax (212) 850-6008, email: [email protected]. This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering professional services. Ifprofessional advice or other expert assistance is required, the services ofa competent professional person should be sought. ISBN 0-471-09570-2 Printed in the United States ofAmerica 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 CONTENTS Atlas V Acknowledgments xiii Author's Note XV I Staring Defeat in the Face 1 II Impatient for Glory 6 III Savaging the Swiss, Overrunning the Germans 13 IV Conquering Gaul 24 V Invading Britain 30 VI Revolt and Revenge 50 VII Enemy of the State 65 VIII Broken Promises 76 IX The Race for Durres 90 A X Taste of Defeat 98 XI The Battle of Pharsalus 113 XII The Sour Taste o{ Victory 130 XIII The Murder of Pompey the Great 138 XIV The Power of a Single Word 144 XV The North African Campaign 149 XVI Caesar's Last Battle 165 XVII Mark Antony's Men 179 XVIII Philippi and Actium 183 XIX In the Name of the Emperor 195 XX Knocked into Shape by Corbulo 205 XXI Orders from the Emperor 217 XXII Objective Jerusalem 224 III CONTENTS IV xxin The End of the Holy City 238 xxiv Masada 258 xxv Last Days 265 appendix a The Legions of Rome, 30 B.c -a.d. 233 269 appendix b The Reenlistment Factor 273 appendix c The Uniqueness of the Legion Commands 277 in Egypt and Judea appendix D The Naming and Numbering System of the 281 Roman Legions appendix e The Title "Fretensis" 285 appendix f Imperial Roman Military Ranks and Their 287 ModenvDay Equivalents appendix G Sources 291 Glossary 303 Index 309 ATLAS 1. "The West," First Century B.C. 2. Britain and Gaul, 58-50 B.C. 3. "The East," First Century B.C. 4. Spain, First Century B.C. 5. Southern Italy, the Balkans, Greece, and Asia, First Century B.C. 6. The Middle East, First Century a.d. BAYOF BISCAY CISALPINE GA L TRANSALPINE GAUL Piacenz.a I flubicohR.sSS==s'^x^s DuroR. Na*rbonnejB"^-^^*^ •« ^ \ Riming<3 # NEARER Ld r)Co&inium Pp.rSBAIN Tarragona fi\y %Rome O FARTHER *> SARDfel^ %v1 .SPAIN Balearic !or3oBa Isle: j^riSa ^eggio hONiAN Cadiz" ElRocadillo X I SEA Bone Guad6lqui\ Constantine* I EPIR CRETE MAURETANIA NUMIDIA BagradasR. -^ CivilWarbattleorsiege AFRICA ^jfe CivilWarraid "The West/' First Century B.C CYRENAICA ©2001 byD.L.McElhannon
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