
Nero's Killing Machine
The True Story of Rome's Remarkable Fourteenth Legion
Stephen Dando-Collins(Author)
Wiley (Publisher)
Published on 1. November 2004
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-0-471-67501-3 (ISBN)
Description
The 14th Gemina Martia Victrix Legion was the most celebrated unit of the early Roman Empire-a force that had been wiped out under Julius Caesar, reformed, and almost wiped out again. After participating in the a.d. 43 invasion of Britain, the 14th Legion achieved its greatest glory when it put down the famous rebellion of the Britons under Boudicca. Numbering less than 10,000 men, the disciplined Roman killing machine defeated 230,000 rampaging rebels, slaughtering 80,000 with only 400 Roman losses-an accomplishment that led the emperor Nero to honor the legion with the title "Conqueror of Britain." In this gripping book, second in the author's definitive histories of the legions of ancient Rome, Stephen Dando-Collins brings the 14th Legion to life, offering military history aficionados a unique soldier's-eye view of their tactics, campaigns, and battles.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Turner Publishing Company
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
maps
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
702 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-67501-3 (9780471675013)
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STEPHEN DANDO-COLLINS is the author of Caesar's Legion: The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar's Elite Tenth Legion and the Armies of Rome (Wiley). He is an Australian-born researcher, editor, and author who has spent the last three decades identifying and studying the individual legions of the Roman army of the late Republic and the empire of the Caesars.