July 10, 2017Roman Empire Roman logistics The Complete Roman Army, by Adrian Goldsworthy, provides some background on logistics. Logistics The Romans had an equation on how far an […]
July 7, 2017Roman Empire The price paid for losing out to a Roman siege The Complete Roman Army, by Adrian Goldsworthy, explains the rule of war on sieges during the Roman reign. The cost of resisting […]
July 5, 2017Roman Empire Pay stub for one particular Roman soldier The Complete Roman Army, by Adrian Goldsworthy, provides a pay sheet for one soldier as an illustration of the pay structure for […]
July 3, 2017September 11, 2018Roman Empire Background on Legionnaire pay in the Roman Army I found a lot of fun information on pay for Legionnaire soldiers serving in the Roman army in a book called The […]
July 2, 2017Roman Empire Limits to our knowledge on the times of the Roman Army My studies on Roman finances led me to a fantastic resource: The Complete Roman Army, by Adrian Goldsworthy, Thames & Hudson Ltd, […]
June 5, 2017June 19, 2017Roman Empire “Currency and the Collapse of the Roman Empire” infographic Telling the tale of the collapse of the Roman Empire is a challenge even in a full length book. Presenting one slice […]
June 3, 2017January 31, 2020Roman Empire Description of Scutum, a Roman Legionnaire’s shield. Adrian Goldsworthy provides a good description of a Roman shield, called a scutum, in his book The Complete Roman Army on page […]
June 3, 2017June 15, 2017Roman Empire, Viking Era Some background on brutality of ancient wars before diving into Viking history – part 3 One more post to provide context on the reputation of barbarity that is owned by the Vikings. A wonderful book, The Vikings, […]
June 3, 2017August 3, 2019Alexander the Great, Roman Empire, Viking Era Some background on brutality of ancient wars before diving into Viking history – 1 of 2 I’m going to take a look at finances of the Viking era, similar to what I’ve done on legionnaires during the Roman […]
June 1, 2017October 14, 2019Roman Empire Government decisions helped take down the Roman economy I’ll have two posts describing how bad decisions by Roman Emperors contributed to the economic deterioration in the Empire by their intentional […]