Guy De La Bédoyère: Gladius: Living, Fighting and Dying in the Roman Army [2021] paperback ZIRIS Yet as Adele begins to

Yet as Adele begins to unravel the layers of deceit

Italy has just been shocked by the kidnapping of the politician Aldo Moro by the left-leaning terrorist group the Red Brigades

The Children of the Anthropocene

Frustrated in her desire to help the war effort

Guy De La Bédoyère: Gladius: Living, Fighting and Dying in the Roman Army [2021] paperback ZIRIS Yet as Adele begins toThe Roman army was the greatest fighting machine the ancient world produced. The Roman Empire depended on soldiers not just to win its wars, defend its frontiers and control the seas but also to act as the engine of the state. Roman legionaries and auxiliaries came from across the Roman world and beyond. They served as tax collectors, policemen, surveyors, civil engineers and, if they survived, in retirement as civic worthies, craftsmen and