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Riding for Caesar

The Roman Emperors' Horse Guard

By: Michael P. Speidel

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Riding for Caesar

The Roman Emperors' Horse Guard

By: Michael P. Speidel

Written by one of the world's leading authorities on the Roman army, this history reveals the remarkable part the horse guard played in the fate of the Roman empire. Riding for Caesar follows the horsemen in political maneuvers and on the battlefield, from Caesar to Constantine.

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248

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Harvard University Press

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0674768981

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9780674768987

Ancient Germanic Warriors

Warrior Styles from Trajan's Column to Icelandic Sagas

By: Michael P. Speidel

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Ancient Germanic Warriors

Warrior Styles from Trajan's Column to Icelandic Sagas

By: Michael P. Speidel

Presenting a range of evidence for these diverse styles, from Roman art to early medieval bracteate amulets, and from classical texts to Beowulf, the Edda and Icelandic sagas, Professor Speidel here details seventeen different Germanic warriors styles, including berserks, wolf-warriors, club-wielders, long-hairs, ghost warriors and horse-stabbers, and how they indicate an unbroken continuity of customs, beliefs and battle-field tactics. Ancient Germanic warriors played a decisive role in historical events from 200 BC, when Germanic culture first became identifiable, to AD 1000 when Christianity swept through the Nordic countries. Arising from beliefs and states of mind, a variety of warrior styles manifested themselves in differences of dress, weaponry and fighting technique. Fully illustrated with over fifty photographs, this vivid and fascinating survey adds a colourful new dimension to our understanding of the history of Europe.

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651

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Routledge

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113438419X

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9781134384198

Mithras-Orion

Greek Hero and Roman Army God

By: Michael Speidel

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Mithras-Orion

Greek Hero and Roman Army God

By: Michael Speidel

Preliminary material -- INTRODUCTION -- THE BULL SLAYING SCENE AS A SERIES OF EQUATORIAL CONSTELLATIONS -- MITHRAS-ORION -- THE IMAGE OF THE HEAVENS AND THE CULT ICON -- GREEK HERO -- ROMAN GOD -- CONCLUSION -- ABBREVIATIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.

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9004295615

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9789004295612

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Riding for Caesar

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