{"product_id":"the-roman-legionary-in-battle-john-plant-9781910266212","title":"The Roman Legionary in Battle (Second Revision)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is an account of how the Roman legions fought, based on the point-of-view of the ordinary legionary, the man who actually did the fighting. The fighting soldier is, of course, the most important man in any army and yet, so often, the least understood. The book shows how he was deployed within his cohort, and how he functioned in contact with the enemy, by considering his weapons and reconstructing the drills for their use.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt takes a historic approach. Starting with a discussion of Greek warfare, it considers the development of the Roman army throughout the Republican period, in particular it looks at the Battle of Cannae to see why the legionary system failed there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe main part of this book considers the legionaries of the fully developed Imperial army, and how they handled a variety of foes such as barbarians, cavalry, the Macedonian phalanx and other legions. Probably most significantly the book offers the reader the only reasonable account in print of the Teutoburg Wald disaster, and it considers other disasters in order to probe weaknesses in the Roman system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinally the book considers how the legions finally became obsolete. The overall result is a totally original account of Roman warfare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences are given for each chapter, as much as possible they are easily accessed Penguin Classics or Loeb editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Plant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1910266213\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781910266212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Generation Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/11\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.68d","brand":"John Plant","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43983768355071,"sku":"9781910266212","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bf21cc49-6c55-4c1f-b29f-2034c7999eb9.jpg?v=1683268602","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-roman-legionary-in-battle-john-plant-9781910266212","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}