The great invasion / by Leonard Cottrell
1958, First Edition. London : Evans Bros. Very good cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Spine of wrapper sun-toned. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #478530
Physical description; 219 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Caesar's raid -- Eyes across the Channel -- Reconnaissance in force -- The Roman army -- The great invasion -- Vespasian and the Second Legion -- Caratacus: the last stand -- Resistance stiffens -- The wrath of the Iceni -- The drive to the north -- "A campe for men of warre" -- Frontinus and Agricola -- Into Scotland -- The long march ends. Subjects; 55 B.C.-449 A.D. Geschichte 55 v. Chr.-84. Romans Great Britain. Rome Army.
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