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Nero's Killing Machine: The True Story of Rome's Remarkable 14th Legion (Roman Legions)
 
 
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Nero's Killing Machine: The True Story of Rome's Remarkable 14th Legion (Roman Legions) [Kindle Edition]

Stephen Dando-Collins (Autor)
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"Stephen Dando--Collins tracks the history of the 14th Legion...drawing on 30 years of research for the second of his definitive histories of ancient Roman armies. A fitting chronicle." (Military History)

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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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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • Dateigröße: 3406 KB
  • Seitenzahl der Print-Ausgabe: 336 Seiten
  • Verlag: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; Auflage: 1 (1. November 2004)
  • Verkauf durch: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • ASIN: B002MXX960
  • Text-to-Speech (Vorlesemodus): Aktiviert
  • Amazon Bestseller-Rang: #109.158 Bezahlt in Kindle-Shop (Siehe Top 100 Bezahlt in Kindle-Shop)

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Decent and Enjoyable Account 5. März 2005
Von Aussie Reader - Veröffentlicht auf Amazon.com
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This is Stephen Dando-Collins second book covering the history of a Roman legion, this time he deals with the Fourteenth Legion (14th Gemina Martia Vietrix Legion). I thoroughly enjoyed this author's first book, "Caesar's Legion: The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar's Elite Tenth Legion", so I eagerly awaited the publication of this title. Again I must confess that I have no in-depth knowledge of this period, just a keen and general interest.

I found this book as good as the first, in fact, even better. The one criticism I have is the author's usage of modern military titles instead of those used by the Roman Empire. I had little or no knowledge of the 14th Legion but I found the story fascinating, from its decimation in 54 BC while campaign with Julius Caesar through it's campaign in Germany and latter in Britain where it achieved its immortal fame in putting down the rebellion led by Queen Boudicca.

The narrative is full of interesting accounts and information and the story flows along quite smoothly. There are no illustrations within the book and only a few maps which I think could have been of better quality but suffice to follow the story of the 14th legion.

Overall I think this book would be of interest to anyone who enjoys a decent account of the Roman Empire. It's more of a popular history, and not some stuffy dry text of military manoeuvres, tactics and famous commanders of antiquity but an account of the men who did the fighting and dying and who made the Roman Empire what is was.
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A great book! 1. März 2005
Von Mark Booker - Veröffentlicht auf Amazon.com
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Nero's Killing Machine is a fabulous read. The author took me on an enthralling journey through history with the men of the 14th Legion. He makes them and their opponents real flesh and blood people, and gave me an appreciation of what life, and death, was like in the ranks of Rome's legions 2,000 years ago.

Dando-Collins cleverly traces the path of the 14th Legion through several centuries using the texts of Julius Caesar, Tacitus, Dio, Suetonius, Josephus and other ancient Roman writers. Read Tacitus and you'll see Dando-Collins has invented nothing. Even the conversations and speeches are there in the original classical texts.

Julius Caesar is here, but Nero's Killing Machine readers will also find many more interesting people such as the dashing Germanicus Caesar and Arminius his German adversary, the British resistance leader Caratacus, the Batavian rebel Civilis, and the third time lucky Roman general Cerialis.

Dando-Collins also spells out why Boudicca and the Britons revolted in A.D. 60, why they had initial success, and why the 14th Legion eventually beat them despite enormous odds. He also points out how surprisingly brutal the British rebels were to prisoners.

This book is richer and more of a page turner than Caesar's Legion, the first in the author's series on the legions, but I know several people who love that original. My nephew, who doesn't normally read much of anything, picked up Caesar's Legion, couldn't put it down, and read it in two days. He's now a confirmed history fan.

Dando-Collins is to be congratulated for making ancient history more accessible and more enjoyable. His approach, to tell Roman history through the real-life exploits of an individual legion, is unique.

I predict Nero's Killing Machine and Caesar's Legion will become classics. I can't wait for the next book in the series.
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A Roman Legion Comes to Life 11. April 2006
Von Mike Dillemuth - Veröffentlicht auf Amazon.com
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Once again, author Stephen Dando-Collins demonstrates his exceptional writing talents. This book is his second account of a Roman legion; in this case, the 14th. He follows this Legion through its long and glorious history. Along the way, he describes in vivid detail its participation in battles against "Herman" the German and Queen Boudicca. These include the famous Battle of Watling Street where the Legion succeeded in defeating a British force that outnumbered it 23 to 1. In addition to these many battles, the book also provides insight into the day to day life of a Roman soldier. The mundane administrative facts of running an army, such as recruitment, pay, retention, and discharge, are discussed in both a clear and entertaining fashion.

The greatest asset of this book, however, is the author's ability to tell history in a manner that is entertaining. This book is an easy read. The pace is quick and the reader will not want to put it down. The author provides the detail necessary to understand the story without getting bogged down in minutia. The more scholarly readers will be glad to see that the author lists all his sources in an appendix. The book also contain a handy glossary of well recognized Roman terms. Bottom line: This is an historically accurate work of non-fiction. Nevertheless, it reads like a fast paced novel. Good writing is difficult but Dando-Collins makes it look easy.

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