The dawn of Rome -- "Woe to the vanquished": the battle on the Allia River and the Gallic sack of Rome -- Telamon, the battle for northern Italy -- Viriathus, hero of Spain -- Numantia, bastion of Spanish resistence -- Liguria and the foundation of Gallic Narbonensis -- "Wolves at the border": the migrations of the Cimbri and Teutones and their war with Rome -- The Helvetii invasion of Gaul, Caesar's first great battle -- Ariovistus, king of the Suebi -- Caesar against the Belgae, the "bravest of the Gauls" -- Caesar's grip tightens -- Caesar in Britannia -- The Belgic tribes revolt -- Vercingetorix, the last hope of the Gauls -- Decision at Alesia -- Onward to the River Elbe -- "Death march of the legions": the battle of the Teutoburg Forest -- Germanicus and Arminius.
Summary:
Far from reducing the legions and tribes to names and numbers, The Roman Barbarian Wars: The Era of Roman Conquest reveals how they fought and how they lived and what their world was like. Through his exhaustive research and lively text, Ludwig H. Dyck immerses the reader into the epic world of the Roman barbarian wars.
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