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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maldur" data-source="post: 297976" data-attributes="member: 1357">I had a slow day at work this morning so I had time to read the last few chapters. Rough opinion about the whole book.The book starts great with explaining the earlier days of the legion, giving a view of the scale legions operated in. The techniques and tactics used. And how Ceasar used them (particular the 10th , as this is the focal point of the book).I am still impressed by the scale of things.The amount of troops used, the speed of maneuvering, and the engineering feats performed.The middle of the book, about the civil war Ceasar finds himself in, is slightly less about the legions and more about Ceasar, ending in the climatic Assasination scene we all know. ( E tu Brutu?) Legion acomplishments are more a list of dates when what legion whent where, do do something. Still there are some great images to be found amoung these lists. ( mmadsen finds most of them!)The book ends in a more crunchy style ( like the first part). The focus is on the 10th legion, scetching their exploits in the middle east. Again the brutal efficienty of the legions amaze me.All in all a great read! If you like roman (or SHARKS valladorian) Legions it's a must read.I think SHARK can use several ideas from the last chapters ( the sieges of Jerusalem and Masala) in his defense of the mountain fortress.The writer has done research on several different "individual" legions. It might be interesting to see what the other legions have been up to, even though a lot of legions are described in this book. But what be more interesting are other thing he might be able to tell us about the roman military machine. Techniques, teactics, Equipment, etc all with a backdrop of anecdotes and example stories <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=":)" /> Ill scout around if he wrote any more. ( or do you know allready, SHARK?) PS I will keep asking (strange) questions on other post on this thread. Dont think youll get rid of me this easily.</blockquote>

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