The Complete Roman Legions

The legions of Rome were among the greatest fighting forces in history. Foralmost half a millennium they secured the known world under the power ofthe Caesars. This pioneering account gathers together the stories of each andevery individual legion, telling the tales of their triumphs and defeats as theypoliced the empire and enlarged its borders. Part I examines the legions of the Republic from Rome's foundation toCaesar's legions and those of Octavian and Mark Antony in the civil wars. Part II provides biographies of all forty-five legions from 31 BC to thethird century AD. Part III discusses the legions of Late Antiquity in the declining yearsof Rome's hegemony. Datafiles on each legion and detailed box features on major topicscomplement the text.