Nero's Killing Machine: The True Story of Rome's Remarkable Fourteenth Legion (14th / XIV) - Hardcover

Dando–Collins, Stephen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471675016 ISBN 13: 9780471675013

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2004

Synopsis

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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After participating in the a.d. 43 invasion of Britain, the 14th Gemina Martia Victrix Legion achieved its greatest glory when it put down the famous rebellion of the Britons under Boudicca. This book discusses 14th Legion, and offers military history aficionados a soldier's-eye view of their tactics, campaigns, and battles.

Review

"Stephen Dando–Collins tracks the history of the 14th Legion...drawing on 30 years of research for the second of his definitive histories of ancient Roman armies. A fitting chronicle." ( Military History)

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0471675016
• ISBN 13: 9780471675013
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336