Barbarian Warrior vs Roman Legionary - Dr Murray Dahm

Barbarian Warrior vs Roman Legionary

Marcomannic Wars AD 165–180

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
80 Seiten
2024
Osprey Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4728-5806-1 (ISBN)
19,90 inkl. MwSt
This engrossing book pits the legionaries of Imperial Rome against their Germanic and Sarmatian opponents in the 2nd century AD.

Shortly after Marcus Aurelius came to power in AD 161, the Roman Empire was racked by a series of military crises. While unrest in Britain and a new war with Parthia were swiftly dealt with, the invasion of Roman territory by the Chatti and Chauci peoples heralded a resurgent threat from the empire’s European neighbours. Soon the Marcomanni and the Quadi, as well as the Dacians and the Sarmatian Iazyges, would attack the Romans in a series of savage conflicts that continued until AD 175 and would see the first invasion of Roman Italy since the beginning of the 1st century BC.

In this book, the two sides’ objectives, weapons and equipment and fighting styles are assessed and compared in the context of three featured battles: Carnuntum (170), where a Roman legion was vanquished and Italy invaded; the ‘Battle on the Ice’ (172), where the Romans fought their lighter-armed Iazyges opponents on the frozen Danube; and the so-called ‘Miracle of the Rain’ (174), during which a trapped Roman force facing annihilation was able to defeat numerically superior Germanic forces. Photographs, specially commissioned artwork plates and mapping complement the authoritative text in this engrossing study of Imperial Rome at war.

Murray Dahm is a freelance historian and the author of several titles for Osprey, including Late Roman Infantryman vs Gothic Warrior. He has written more than 50 articles for magazines such as Ancient Warfare, Medieval Warfare and Ancient History. Murray lives in Australia. Giuseppe Rava has established himself as a leading military history artist. He lives and works in Italy.

Introduction
The Opposing Sides
Carnuntum, AD 170
The Battle on the Ice, AD 172
The Miracle of the Rain, AD 174
Analysis
Aftermath
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Combat
Illustrationen Giuseppe Rava
Zusatzinfo Colour artwork plates and maps; black & white and colour photographs and illustrations.
Sprache englisch
Maße 184 x 248 mm
Themenwelt Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Vor- und Frühgeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Militärgeschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10 1-4728-5806-9 / 1472858069
ISBN-13 978-1-4728-5806-1 / 9781472858061
Zustand Neuware
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