Handbook to Roman Legionary Fortresses

by M.C. Bishop, M C Bishop, bishop-m-c

This is a reference guide to Roman legionary fortresses throughout the former Roman Empire, of which approximately eighty-five have been located and identified. With the expansion of the empire and the garrisoning of its army in frontier regions during the 1st century AD, Rome began to concentrate its legions in large permanent bases. Some have been explored in great detail, others are barely known, but this book brings together for the first time...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848841388
• ISBN13: 9781848841383
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.1" x 9.9"