Mark Antony's Heroes: How the Third Gallica Legion Saved an Apostle and Created an Emperor PDF
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ffirs.qxd 12/26/07 11:19 AM Page iii Mark Antony’s Heroes : How the Third Gallica Legion Saved an Apostle and created an Emperor Stephen Dando-Collins John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ffirs.qxd 8/29/06 6:37 PM Page ii ffirs.qxd 8/29/06 6:37 PM Page i Mark Antony’s Heroes ffirs.qxd 8/29/06 6:37 PM Page ii Also by Stephen Dando-Collins Caesar’s Legion: The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar’s Elite Tenth Legion and the Armies of Rome Nero’s Killing Machine: The True Story of Rome’s Remarkable Fourteenth Legion Cleopatra’s Kidnappers: How Caesar’s Sixth Legion Gave Egypt to Rome and Rome to Caesar ffirs.qxd 12/26/07 11:19 AM Page iii Mark Antony’s Heroes : How the Third Gallica Legion Saved an Apostle and created an Emperor Stephen Dando-Collins John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ffirs.qxd 12/26/07 11:19 AM Page iv Copyright © 2007 by Stephen Dando-Collins. All rights reserved Maps © 2007 by D. L. 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ISBN 978-0-471-78899-7 (cloth) ISBN 978-0-470-22453-3 (paper) Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ftoc.qxd 8/30/06 4:58 PM Page v CONTENTS : Atlas vii Acknowledgments xi Author’s Note xiii i Get Up and Fight! 1 ii For Pompey, Caesar, and Antony 4 iii The Parthian Invasion 12 iv Routing the Parthians 25 v Putting King Herod on His Throne 40 vi Mark Antony’s Mistake 47 vii The Bloody Retreat 58 viii The Sun-Worshipping 3rd 71 ix Riot Duty in Jerusalem 76 x Saving the Apostle Paul a Second Time 93 xi To Caesar You Shall Go 99 xii The Centurion’s Decision 105 xiii Cast Up on Malta 114 xiv In Nero’s Rome 119 xv Fanning the Flames of Revolt 125 xvi Victims of the Jewish Uprising 133 xvii The Heroes of Ascalon 136 xviii The Execution of a Troublesome Jew 145 xix Blood for Blood 148 xx Slaughtering the Sarmatians 160 xxi To Italy, to Make an Emperor 168 xxii Prelude to a Disaster 187 xxiii The Bloodbath of Cremona 198 v ftoc.qxd 12/26/07 11:19 AM Page vi vi contents xxiv Storming Rome 220 xxv Thanks to the 3rd Gallica 238 appendix a Imperial Roman Military Ranks and Their 247 Modern-Day Equivalents appendix b The German Guard 251 appendix c Sources 257 Glossary 267 Index 273 flast.qxd 8/29/06 6:37 PM Page vii ATLAS : 1. The Roman World, First Century b.c.–a.d. First Century 2. The Roman East, First Century b.c.–a.d. First Century 3. The City of Rome, a.d. First Century vii flast.qxd 8/29/06 6:37 PM Page viii N The Roman World, First CenturyA.D. RITAINRUPPERhinGERMANYNGeLEORR.WMPANNONIAEARRHAETIANSARMATIANSTRANSALPINEY NORICUMGAUL GAULBOSPORANMACEDONIALyonsKINGDOMDanVienneubeCISALPINEPoetovioR.DACIASKershIGAULSToulouseNBLACKDCremonaEAANIOSLSEALESSEREBORMAMAGALLOGRAECIA✰NARMENIATBurnumICorsicaARERAPONTUSTHRACECASPIARomeTarragonaPAINSEAPhilippiBrindisiZelaAINYHT.IBsDurresISardinia ciraARMENIAASIAelCaMessinaAAFRICABEPIRUSPPADOUtiqueCIASyracuseALYCIAICAchaeaIPraaspaLICLaodiceaBagradas R.MaltaMEDIATarsusZeugmaRETANIAAntiochRaphanaeaCyprusMEDITERRANEANCreteSYRIAESEAAscalonuNPARTHIApUhCanopusraMtPelusiumIesJerusalemD IAlexandriaR.ASAHARAJUDEALIBYADESERTARABIAMemphisCYRENAICA EGYPTARABIANPERSIANREDDESERTGULFNSEAilennon R. B ES U ha N A El M c A M NI L. LUSITA ARTHERSPAIN 2007 by D. F ©
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