Wilcox Peter Text (4 results)

paperback. Condition: Good. Osprey, London c.1986, 2nd.prtg., 7"x9-3/4" paperbk. 48pp. 8 color plates, G+ $. McBride, Angus (illustrator).

"Sales/posting to the USA suspended". Card covers, 48pp, colour plates and b&w illustrations and photos. Light wear on card edges, some light browning of covers; a very good copy. These vigorous northern 'barbarians' were the destroyers of the Western Empire of Rome. It was they who delivered the coup de grâce to the dying colossus in the south, subsequently creating medieval Europe, the feudal system and chivalry. Their direct descendants were the knights and men-at-arms. In every sense, they were the creators of the modern world; it is ironic that many people know virtually nothing about them. This book explores the history, weapons and dress of the Germanics and Dacians who fought Rome two thousand years before our time.…

"Sales/posting to the USA suspended". Card covers, 48pp, colour plates and b&w illustrations and photos. Light wear on card edges, some light yellowing to covers, previous owner's name at top left of inside of front cover; a very good copy. The Parthians were a warrior people. Though possessing no regular army they were superb horsemen and archers, and in time of war the nobility provided heavily armoured knights mounted on weight-carrying chargers. At Carrhae, it is believed that 20,000 Roman troops out of a force of about 36,000 died at the hands of the Parthians.This third of four volumes covering Rome's enemies examines the armies and campaigns of the Parthians and Sassanid Persians.…

"Sales/posting to the USA suspended". Card covers, 48pp, colour plates and b&w illustrations and photos. Light wear on card edges, previous owner's name top left of inside of front cover; a very good copy. In 390 BC a Gallic army marched on Rome. A confident Roman army of about 15,000 men sent to bar the way was destroyed. Three days after the battle the Gauls entered Rome, much of which they burnt, and demanded a huge bounty of gold to leave the city. During the weighing procedure, Brennus, the Gallic leader, is said to have thrown his sword on to the scales with the words 'Vae victis' - 'Woe to the defeated'. A sentiment the Gauls were soon to experience first hand. This work explores the history, dress and equipment of Rome's Celtic enemies.…