The Late Roman Army By Gabriele Esposito
The Late Roman Army By Gabriele Esposito Paperback 0996365796 9780996365796 The Late Roman Army A guide to the late Roman Army and containing an illustrated shields from the Notitia Dignitatum, this book outlines a complete picture of the Late Roman Army, from the accession of Diocletian in AD 284 to the fall of the western Empire in 476. Contents include the organization, structure, equipment, weapons, combat history and tactics of the late Roman military forces. Through the pages and magnificent colour plates of this book you will find limitanei, comitatenses, foederati, bucellarii, scholae palatinae, protectores and much . The origins and causes for the military decline of the Empire are discussed in detail, as well as the influence of the barbarian peoples over the Roman Army. The text includes also a very detailed order of battle, based on the Notitia Dignitatum and listing all the military forces of the Roman Empire between 395 410 AD. Combined with the original art work by well known military artist Giuseppe Rava, this book will be a must for students of military history, re enactors, modellers, wargamers and people interested in military dress or organization.
A good succinct explanation of the changes that occurred in Roman military organization during the third and fourth centuries especially as reflected in the Notitia Dignitatum It also has lots of nice pictures 168 This is a great book for for a basic overview of the Late Romans and provides literally hundreds of wonderful color plates for those of you inclined to do painting This is a must have book for anyone wargaming this period as every uniform detail is covered and a huge section covers the shield designs and decorations nearly 60 pages The reference section is a bit sparse however and it includes nearly a full page of web site addresses for further reading referencing I m not a big fan of referencing Wikipedia I m afraid so off with a star for that The books referenced are pretty solid though and the writing itself was of good quality I enjoyed the book and will be using a great deal for my army painting A solid 4 Stars 168
A guide to the late Roman Army and containing an illustrated shields from the Notitia Dignitatum this book outlines a complete picture of the Late Roman Army from the accession of Diocletian in AD 284 to the fall of the western Empire in 476 Contents include the organization structure equipment weapons combat history and tactics of the late Roman military forces Through the pages and magnificent colour plates of this book you will find limitanei comitatenses foederati bucellarii scholae palatinae protectores and much The origins and causes for the military decline of the Empire are discussed in detail as well as the influence of the barbarian peoples over the Roman Army The text includes also a very detailed order of battle based on the Notitia Dignitatum and listing all the military forces of the Roman Empire between 395 410 AD Combined with the original art work by well known military artist Giuseppe Rava this book will be a must for students of military history re enactors modellers wargamers and people interested in military dress or organization The Late Roman Army.