military science

This is truly an outstanding book that does an excellent job of sketching the advancement of the Greeks and Romans in the Military Art. There are outstanding illustrations that give as accurate a picture as possible of the arms, armor, and tactics of these two dynamic civilizations. Most of us are visual learners and the diagrams of the warriors, equipment, and formations of this period helps one to visualize the Greek phalanx or the Roman cohort in the attack and what were their strengths and weaknesses. There are also outstanding illustrations of siege equiment, ships, and fortications. I must confess that this book helped to inspire me to write the novel, The Chief Centurion, as I was able to picture in my mind much clearer what that soldier looked like and what it must have been like to have had to march and fight in the armor of the period. I strongly reccommend this book for anyone who wants to learn more about the Greek or Roman soldier and wants to be able to visualize how he looked and fought.

This book was pretty sweet. Peter Connoly really knows his Ancient Greeks and Romans. Copious detail is given about just about everything you ever wanted to know about Greek and Roman Warfare. Like other Connoly books the pictures are at least half the fun(if not more) and this book includes totally fly pics of everything from archaeological remains to modern reconstructions. I would say the copious info and incredible pics from a consummate professional in the field make this book well worth your time and deserving of five stars.

This is the best book I have read since doing research into the Viking age and using "The Viking World". Bold color photographs and illustrations help to drive home the text. I am very pleased with the amount and quality of the information provided within this volume.