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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SHARK" data-source="post: 182960" data-attributes="member: 1131">Greetings!Well, for historical reading that can be interesting, I might also suggest the following books:(1) Warfare In The Classical World; by John Warry.(2) The Grand Strategy Of The Roman Empire, by Edward N. Luttwak(3) Caesar's Legions, by Sekunda, Northwood, and Simkins.(4) Quest For The Past, Published by Readers' Digest.One covers a broad range of military topics in the ancient world, from the Bronze Age, through the fall of the Roman Empire. This is an excellent book, with many clear maps, diagrams, and color drawings of armor, weaponry, animals, equipment, and different soldiers in a wide range of armour, uniforms, and weaponry.Two proceeds into an in depth discussion of the strategic operations and thinking in the Roman world, discussing the strategic problems facing Rome, as well as manpower, troop deployments, and all things military. This book also includes extensive century by century TOE's of Roman legions as time went by. The author explains the advantages of various Roman strategic policies, both militarily and diplomatically, as well as discussing their weaknesses. In addition, the book details possible alternative approaches that may have been superior at different points throughout Roman history. This is an excellent book for grand strategic thinking, assisting the reader in *how* the Roman Empire was defended militarily, with what resources, what were the challenges, and how these challenges were met. It also enlightens the reader as to what kinds of strategic dillema's and problems potentially face all large empires.Three has many color drawings of Roman formations, uniforms, and equipment. Also discussed are Roman formations, training, organization, and tactics. A fine book to have.Four is a large hardcover book that covers with rich text, as well as color drawings, maps, and diagrams, all sorts of different topics throughout the ancient and medieval world. Everything from ancient Egyptian brain-surgery to libraries, to Roman medicine, to Castles, Celtic Hill Forts, Monasteries, the Black Plague, medicine, religion, everything. It covers such a vast array of subjects, many familiar, and many are less well known, and even some that are obscure. It is a great treasure, and a book that I fine immense joy in reading and consulting frequently.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Semper Fidelis,SHARK</blockquote>

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