Roman Battle Tactics 390-110 BC
By 390 BC, the organization of the Roman army was in need of change. Fighting in the Greek-style with a heavy infantry was proving increasingly outdated and inflexible, resulting in the Roman's defeat at the hands of the Gauls at the battle of Allia. Following on from this catastrophe and in the next fifty years of warfare against Gallic and Italian tribes, a military revolution was born: the legion. This was a new unit of organization made up of three flexible lines of maniples consisting of troops of both heavy and light infantry. However, at the end of the 3rd century BC, Rome's prestige was shattered once more by the genius of Hannibal of…
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Weitere Autoren: Embleton, Samuel (Illustr.)
- ISBN: 978-1-84603-382-7
- EAN: 9781846033827
- Produktnummer: 4991650
- Verlag: Osprey Pub Inc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 64 S.
- Masse: H24.7 cm x B18.3 cm x D0.8 cm 209 g
- Reihenbandnummer: 172
- Gewicht: 209
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Dr Nic Fields started his career as a biochemist before joining the Royal Marines. Having left the military, he went back to University and completed a BA and PhD in Ancient History at the University of Newcastle. He was Assistant Director at the British School at Athens, Greece, and then a lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Edinburgh. Nic is now a freelance author and researcher based in south-west France.Gerry Embleton has been a leading illustrator and researcher of historical costume since the 1970s, and has illustrated and written Osprey titles on a wide range of subjects over more than 20 years. He is an internationally respected authority on 15th and 18th century costumes in particular. He lives in Switzerland, where since 1988 he has also become well known for designing and creating life-size historical figures for museums. His son Sam Embleton is also an illustrator, and this is their fourth joint project for Osprey.
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