<span>This volume details the equipment, weapons, lifestyle and dress of the principal enemies that challenged the expansion of Rome, including the Celts, Gauls and Teutones. Artworks illustrate the variety and diversity of these distinct warrior cultures and groups.</span>
Barbarians Against Rome: Rome's Celtic, Germanic, Spanish And Gallic Enemies
β Scribed by Peter Wilcox
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 145
- Series
- Osprey History
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
This book combines Men-at-Arms 129: Rome's Enemies 1: Germanics and Dacians', Men-at-Arms 158:Rome's Enemies 2: Gallic & British Celts' and Men-at-Arms 180: `Rome's Enemies 4: Spanish Armies 218-19BC'. As Rome's borders increased, a multifarious clash of cultures ensued. Conflict was inevitable; to the victor, new territory and dominion; to the vanquished, humility and subjugation. The Celts, Celtiberians, Gauls, Teutones, Cimbri, and many others all fought without mercy to protect their people, territories and cultures from the Roman onslaught.
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