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British Celtic Warrior vs Roman Soldier

Britannia AD 43-105

Pocket
Engelsk
Combat
British Celtic Warrior vs Roman Soldier
British Celtic Warrior vs Roman Soldier
  • Forfatter: William Horsted
  • Format: Pocket
  • Antall sider: 80
  • Språk: Engelsk
  • Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
  • Serienavn: Combat
  • EAN: 9781472850898
  • Utgivelsesår: 2022
  • Bidragsyter: Horsted, William
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An illustrated study of the British tribal warriors and Roman auxiliaries who fought in three epic battles for control of Britain in the 1st century AD. Following the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43, the tribes of the west and north resisted the establishment of a ¿Roman peace¿, led in particular by the chieftain Caratacus. Even in the south-east, resentment of Roman occupation remained, exploding into the revolt of Boudicca¿s Iceni in AD 60. Roman auxiliaries from two particular peoples are known to have taken part in the invasion of Britain: the Tungrians, from what is now Belgium, and the Batavians, from the delta of the River Rhine in the modern Netherlands. From the late 80s AD, units of both the Batavians and the Tungrians were garrisoned at a fort at Vindolanda in northern Britain. The so called ¿Vindolanda tablets¿ provide an unparalleled body of material with which to reconstruct the lives of these auxiliary soldiers in Britain.Featuring full-colour maps and speciall