Nero's Killing Machine
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Nero's Killing Machine

The True Story of Rome's Remarkable 14th Legion

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Nero's Killing Machine

The True Story of Rome's Remarkable 14th Legion

About this book

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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Information

Year
2011
Print ISBN
9780470046388
eBook ISBN
9781118040218
Edition
1
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. ATLAS
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. AUTHOR’S NOTE
  6. I - FACING THE BRITISH WARRIOR QUEEN
  7. II - WIPED OUT
  8. III - RESCUE ON THE SAMBRE
  9. IV - CICERO’S BLUNDER
  10. V - THE UPRISING
  11. VI - THE RULES OF PLUNDER
  12. VII - THE HILL AT LÉRIDA
  13. VIII - SPITTING IN SCIPIO’S EYE
  14. IX - LEFT BEHIND
  15. X - ANTONY AND THE ASSASSINS
  16. XI - SEXTUS, SEA BATTLES, AND SUICIDES
  17. XII - PAIN IN SPAIN, GLORY IN GERMANY
  18. XIII - BLOOD AND GUTS IN PANNONIA
  19. XIV - THE VARUS DISASTER
  20. XV - MUTINY ON THE RHINE
  21. XVI - GOING AFTER HERMANN THE GERMAN
  22. XVII - SHOWDOWN IN GERMANY
  23. XVIII - WRECKED
  24. XIX - CLAUDIUS’S INVADERS
  25. XX - CATCHING KING CARATACUS
  26. XXI - BOUDICCA THE TERRORIST
  27. XXII - LAST STAND ON WATLING STREET
  28. XXIII - THE YEAR OF THE FOUR EMPERORS
  29. XXIV - BLOODY BEDRIACUM
  30. XXV - STORM ON THE RHINE
  31. XXVI - THE GEMINA’S REVENGE
  32. XXVII - GOOD-BYE AND APPLAUD US
  33. APPENDIX A
  34. APPENDIX B
  35. APPENDIX C
  36. APPENDIX D
  37. GLOSSARY
  38. INDEX