Ancient weapon sources

[Bedrockgames]

I like the Osprey books, too, for just about any period. Otherwise, grab a copy of this from your library (or through their interlibrary loan dept) and see if it gives enough detail -

Amazon.com: Roman Military Equipment: From The Punic Wars To The Fall Of Rome (9781842171592): M C Bishop and J C N Coulston: Books

This one looks great. Exactly what I am looking for.

 

[Bedrockgames]

Relevant Ospreys:
The Roman Army from Caesar to Trajan
Roman Legionary, 58BC-AD69
Rome's Enemies, a five book series (1 Celts, 2 Germans/Dacians, 3 Parthians/Sassanids, 4 Spanish, 5 Desert Frontier)

If you can find it, Armies and Enemies of Imperial Rome (Wargames Research Group, 1981) would also be good.

These look very good. Do you know if they have any books on Praetorians and Urban cohorts (I am trying to find out how ther equipment was different from the equipment of the regular legions).

 

[jasper]

Stone’s Glossary of Arms and armor

 

[Mark CMG]

Osprey Publishing - Military History Books

Keep an eye on their site for sales, and they now have ebooks available.

 

[Bluenose]

These look very good. Do you know if they have any books on Praetorians and Urban cohorts (I am trying to find out how ther equipment was different from the equipment of the regular legions).

Osprey have a Praetorian Guard book in their elite series, though I don't think their equipment differed much from that of ordinary legions except for being more heavily decorated. I'm not aware of anything on the Urban Cohorts, unfortunately. I don't know how reliable it is, but some historical novels suggest they have mail armour but are usually armed with clubs and don't carry shields except on parades.