Historic Wars of Empire - Roman Army, English Civil War

Uniforms from various wars are depicted here
The Roman Army during the Wars of the Empire, The English Civil War, and the Vikings and other barbarians.

Roman Army: Wars of the Empire
(Brassey's History of Uniforms)
by Graham Sumner, Graham Turner, Tim Newark
Hardcover (1997)

A top of the list must for Roman reenactors - Picks up where "Roman Legions Recreated in Colour Photos" leaves off. An excellent feature are the abundant line drawings of the sculpture and bas relief from which so much of the interpretation of recreated gear is derived. - Hibernicus, Leg IX His.
An excellent illustrated discussion of Roman army equipage. The book is exactly what I have long sought, a complete discussion of the armor, clothing, weapons, and other equipage of the Roman Army. The only reservation that I might have is that the time period covered is that of the early and middle Empire and does not discuss the army at the time of the Punic Wars, the late Republic, from Gaius Marius to Jullius Caesar, or the late Empire of Diocletian on through the end. I do realise that this would have required a very much larger, and more expensive, book. In any case, I have found the book as it is to be accurate in its very detailed discussions and extensive illustrations. It is certainly one of the very best books on the subject that I have found to date.

Barbarian Warriors: Saxons, Vikings, Normans
(Brassey's History of Uniforms)
by Dan Shadrake, Susanna Shadrake, Richard Hook
Hardcover (1997)

An excellent discussion of the equipage of the groups
I found this book to be excellent. It included the late Roman Empire equipage that I had missed from the series' other book on the Romans, as well as the Scotti and Pict raiders, the Saxon invaders, the Vikings, and the Normans. The focus of the book is on how a re-enactor might recreate the arms, armors, and clothing of these groups and I, as one who likes to draw ancient soldiers, found it to be most useful.

The English Civil War
(Brassey's History of Uniforms)
by Philipp J. C. Elliot-Wright, Christa Hook
Hardcover (1997)

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