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Cleopatra's Kidnappers: How Caesars Sixth Legion Gave Egypt to Rome and Rome to Caesar
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by Stephen Dando-Collins
Sales Rank: 73298
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Cover Type: Hard Cover with 304 pages
Published by: Wiley October 28, 2005
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0471719331
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0471719335
Book Dimensions:
9.4 x 6.4 x 1.2 inches
Weighs: 1.2 pounds
Product Review
“…the meticulous research and racy writing style make this a fascinating and revealing book.” (Good Book Guide, 1st December 2005)
Product Description
A powerful tale of war, romance, and one of history's most desperate gambles
Julius Caesar was nothing if not bold. When, in the wake of his defeat of Pompey at Pharsalus his victorious legions refused to march another step under his command, he pursued his fleeing rival into Egypt with an impossibly small force of Gallic and German cavalry, raw Italian recruits, and nine hundred Spanish prisoners of war-tough veterans of Pompey's Sixth Legion.
Cleopatra's Kidnappers tells the epic saga of Caesar's adventures in Egypt through the eyes of these captured, but never defeated, legionaries. In this third volume in his definitive history of the Roman legions, Stephen Dando-Collins reveals how this tiny band of fierce warriors led Caesar's little army to great victories against impossible odds. Bristling with action and packed with insights and newly revealed facts, this eye-opening account introduces you to the extraordinary men who made possible Caesar's famous boast, "I came, I saw, I conquered."
Praise for Caesar's Legion
"A unique and splendidly researched story, following the trials and triumphs of Julius Caesar's Legio X. . . . More than a mere unit account, it incorporates the history of Rome and the Roman army at the height of their power and gory glory. Many military historians consider Caesar's legions the world's most efficient infantry before the arrival of gunpowder. This book shows why. Written in readable, popular style, Caesar's Legion is a must for military buffs and anyone interested in Roman history at a critical point in European civilization."
-T. R. Fehrenbach author of This Kind of War, Lone Star, and Comanches
Reader Reviews
With this third text about Roman legions, Dando-Collins (D-C) has again produced a very good military history. His "Cleopatra's Kidnappers" (2006) is a riveting rendering of the legio VI Ferrata. D-C begins his story with the 48 BC Battle of Farsala (Greece) where an outnumber Caesar defeats Pompey in his bid to take over the Roman Empire. Cornering the tough Legio VI veterans, as Pompey's other legions retreat mostly into death, Caesar offers a deal to these fearless Spaniards. Half agree and half withdraw with the Pompeians. Caesar's VI becomes his best troops through campaigns in Egypt, Greece and Spain. By the end, the VI appropriately earned its immortal name "Ferrata" ("Ironsides") marching into victory, wealth, and glory! This book is an interesting read for students of Roman military history. D-C refernces several credible ancient sources (Caesar, Appian, Plutarch, Tacitus, Suetonius, Polybus, Cassius Dio, Josephus, Cicero, Pliny the Younger, Seneca, Livy, and Arrian). When necessary he fills in history's gaps with well-reasoned guesses. It is unfortunate that D-C doesn't offer footnotes. A brief 8-page sources appendix is presented. D-C's novelistic style made "Cleopatra's Kidnappers" a quick read. I read the 286 (hardback) pages leisurely in a few days. The author does his best work while describing battle (i.e. pages 140-44 for a spectacular portrayal of the Battle of the Nile, and pages 163-65 the exciting Battle of Zela). The book witnesses the mighty VI's power in warfare even at half its original size (Caesar never commanded more than 900 legionaires in the VI). The Ferrata was small but formidable. Curiously, there are only three Mediterranean and city maps (D-C's first two legion books proffer pages and pages informative battle maps). Also, it would have been helpful to hear more of the VI's pre-Caesarian history(a deficiency that allows the book to earn only four stars). This book is recommendable. It is hopeful that D-C will continue to march, for us, with Rome's legions.
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