Millennium Soldier: The Ancient Ones: The Ancient Ones Book One

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Charles River Editors chronicles Rome's infamous defeat. Along with pictures and ancient accounts, this book examines the decisive conflicts that led to the fall of Carthage and the Roman Republic's rise.

It is a lively and well-written book that is based on close readings of the classical sources and critical reviews of the secondary literature. Hacker, Technology and Culture. The book is replete with insights, amply illustrated by examples. From the perspective of his enlightening ideological and motivational paradigms, Lendon conducts a useful review of the standard great campaigns of antiquity: Peloponnesian and Persian Wars, Alexander's campaigns, wars of the Diocachi, Punic Wars, Julius Caesar in Gaul and the Civil War, and Trajan's campaigns, along with much in between as well as a few conflicts that are relatively untouched in military histories.

The interested lay reader or undergraduate student will benefit from the numerous maps and illustrations, and the useful chronological outline and glossary. Last but not least, this book is a pleasure to read, eloquently written with an eye to evocative imagery and vividness of narrative detail.

It would make an excellent addition to an undergraduate or graduate reading list, since it is accessible and clear, and its provocative thesis is likely to spark discussion. The book is hugely impressive in scope and ambition, often brilliant in interpretation, elegantly constructed and wonderfully written. Related Video Shorts 0 Upload your video. The Empires of Ancient Persia: The History and Legacy of the Achaemenids, Parthians Charles River Editors chronicles the history of the Persian Empires. Share your thoughts with other customers. Write a customer review.

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Please try again later. Lendon is a professor at University of Virginia, with a specialization in Greek and Roman history. Lendon completed both his bachelors and Ph. The Art of Government in the Roman World in Lendon then went on to release Soldiers and Ghosts: The Peloponnesian War Begins in Lendon has received multiple awards for his teaching abilities, as well as for his historical studies and published work.

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There are more positive reviews online, that include other historians, journals, and magazines. The book itself is published by Yale University Press, and sold in a multitude of stores and websites such as Barns and Noble, and amazon. Lendon states that the best ancient armies traditionally recruited soldiers from areas with strong competitive traditions and values, and encouraged that kind of ferocious competition within all ranks.

Lendon argues that ancient armies would tend to look to the past for guidance in their future endeavors; each military strived to live up to the ancestral ideals. Lendon argues that these values were the keys to the Roman empires success, as well as conflict. The book is set up in a general format that makes it simple for most average paced readers to follow. There is a lengthy appendix, as well as index that provides for answers to any questions the reader may have about a topic or word.

This book would be great for any history class that is specifically focusing on Greek and Roman history with regards to military. A History of Battle in Classical Antiquity. Yale University Press, Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. Lendon made quite a breakthrough with this essay. He provided a very satisfying thesis regarding the changes that occurred in Greek and Roman military systems tactics, equipment and psychology.

And I believe that Lendon found the missing link. Obviously several authors already wrote about some of the ideas, but none managed to clarify this issue like in this masterpiece. The emulation and the search for answers in the the past by Greeks and Romans and how it influenced their military also the civil political world, we must remember the Sibylline books for example is detailed through analyses of the tactical formations used and how they were influenced by the Homeric Epics the Greeks and the Romans after the second Sophistic and the Historical Epic the Romans.

Other influences like the old question of Virtus vs Disciplina and how Romans tried to live with both sets of values. But, his ultimate goal is what he'd always sought: His intention is to mount an assault on Heaven itself. Lucien seeks to enlist a human whose origins are mysterious. This strange warrior soldiered in many wars for the causes of Earth governments, even fighting against ruthless alien invaders from other planets.

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One man will oppose them. But, even this man cannot realize the enormity of the battles ahead, nor the power of the alien he will face in battle. Paperback , pages. Published October 21st by Brevia Publishing Company. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Millennium Soldier , please sign up.

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