Tiberius Claudius Maximus The Cavalryman |
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| Author:
| Connolly, Peter |
| Series title: | Rebuilding the Past Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-917106-4 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 1989 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $18.50 |
Book Description:
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Tiberius Claudius Maximus served under the emperor Trajan in the great wars in Central Europe and the Middle East. He was decorated three times for bravery and became famous for hunting down Rome's great enemy, Decebalus. This volume and it's companion (see below) trace the soldier's career from the day he entered the Seventh Legion on the Danube frontier to the day he retired as a cavalry officer in Mesopotamia some thirty years later. Connolly calls on a vast array of archaeological...
More DescriptionTiberius Claudius Maximus served under the emperor Trajan in the great wars in Central Europe and the Middle East. He was decorated three times for bravery and became famous for hunting down Rome's great enemy, Decebalus. This volume and it's companion (see below) trace the soldier's career from the day he entered the Seventh Legion on the Danube frontier to the day he retired as a cavalry officer in Mesopotamia some thirty years later. Connolly calls on a vast array of archaeological material to provide a unique portrait of the life of an ordinary man who lived during an extraordinary period in Western history.