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- catalog abstract ""They were the most famous and accomplished military unit of their day, raised personally by Julius Caesar as the first step in his relentless quest for glory and power. Caesar's Tenth Legion took the lead role in all of his battles, from their bloody initiation in Spain and Portugal to the conquest of Gaul, the invasion of Britain, and the battles of the civil war. In Caesar's Legion, Stephen Dando-Collins provides an extraordinarily detailed history of the Tenth Legion - its officers, its men, and its incredible string of victories, which continued even after Caesar's death with the Siege of Jerusalem." "Based on the author's thirty years of painstaking research into the Roman military, using sources ranging from classical texts to tombstone inscriptions, this unprecedented regimental history paints an uncommonly vivid portrait of daily life in a Roman legion as it follows Caesar and his men along the blood-soaked fringes of the Empire. It was here that ambitious Romans built reputations through conquest, raw recruits became hardened foot soldiers, and the Tenth Legion became a killing machine - marching, digging, charging, ramming down gates, scaling battlements, storming through towns and villages, and slaughtering anyone who stood in their way."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12437462.
- catalog coverage "Rome Army Military life.".
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""They were the most famous and accomplished military unit of their day, raised personally by Julius Caesar as the first step in his relentless quest for glory and power. Caesar's Tenth Legion took the lead role in all of his battles, from their bloody initiation in Spain and Portugal to the conquest of Gaul, the invasion of Britain, and the battles of the civil war. In Caesar's Legion, Stephen Dando-Collins provides an extraordinarily detailed history of the Tenth Legion - its officers, its men, and its incredible string of victories, which continued even after Caesar's death with the Siege of Jerusalem." "Based on the author's thirty years of painstaking research into the Roman military, using sources ranging from classical texts to tombstone inscriptions, this unprecedented regimental history paints an uncommonly vivid portrait of daily life in a Roman legion as it follows Caesar and his men along the blood-soaked fringes of the Empire. It was here that ambitious Romans built reputations through conquest, raw recruits became hardened foot soldiers, and the Tenth Legion became a killing machine - marching, digging, charging, ramming down gates, scaling battlements, storming through towns and villages, and slaughtering anyone who stood in their way."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-302) and index.".
- catalog description "Staring Defeat in the Face -- Impatient for Glory -- Savaging the Swiss, Overrunning the Germans -- Conquering Gaul -- Invading Britain -- Revolt and Revenge -- Enemy of the State -- Broken Promises -- The Race for Durres -- A Taste of Defeat -- The Battle of Pharsalus -- The Sour Taste of Victory -- The Murder of Pompey the Great -- The Power of a Single Word -- The North African Campaign -- Caesar's Last Battle -- Mark Antony's Men -- Philippi and Actium -- In the Name of the Emperor -- Knocked into Shape by Corbulo -- Orders from the Emperor -- Objective Jerusalem -- The End of the Holy City -- Masada -- Last Days -- The Legions of Rome, 30 B.C.-A.D. 233 -- The Reenlistment Factor -- The Uniqueness of the Legion Commands in Egypt and Judea -- The Naming and Numbering System of the Roman Legions -- The Title "Fretensis" -- Imperial Roman Military Ranks and Their Modern-Day Equivalents.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 320 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0471095702".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : J. Wiley,".
- catalog spatial "Rome Army Military life.".
- catalog subject "Caesar, Julius Military leadership.".
- catalog subject "Rome. Legion X Fretensis History.".
- catalog subject "U35 .D37 2002".
- catalog tableOfContents "Staring Defeat in the Face -- Impatient for Glory -- Savaging the Swiss, Overrunning the Germans -- Conquering Gaul -- Invading Britain -- Revolt and Revenge -- Enemy of the State -- Broken Promises -- The Race for Durres -- A Taste of Defeat -- The Battle of Pharsalus -- The Sour Taste of Victory -- The Murder of Pompey the Great -- The Power of a Single Word -- The North African Campaign -- Caesar's Last Battle -- Mark Antony's Men -- Philippi and Actium -- In the Name of the Emperor -- Knocked into Shape by Corbulo -- Orders from the Emperor -- Objective Jerusalem -- The End of the Holy City -- Masada -- Last Days -- The Legions of Rome, 30 B.C.-A.D. 233 -- The Reenlistment Factor -- The Uniqueness of the Legion Commands in Egypt and Judea -- The Naming and Numbering System of the Roman Legions -- The Title "Fretensis" -- Imperial Roman Military Ranks and Their Modern-Day Equivalents.".
- catalog title "Caesar's legion : the epic saga of Julius Caesar's elite Tenth Legion and the armies of Rome / Stephen Dando-Collins.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".