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Soldier of Rome: The Legionary: A novel of the Twentieth Legion during the campaigns of Germanicus Caesar | 
| Author: James Mace
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.
Category: Book
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Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 57749
Media: Paperback
Edition: 0
Pages: 308
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 1
ISBN: 059541737X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780595417377
ASIN: 059541737X
Publication Date: November 17, 2006
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Product Description
Romes Vengeance In the year A.D. 9, three Roman Legions under Quintilius Varus were betrayed by the Germanic war chief, Arminius, and then destroyed in the forest known as Teutoburger Wald. Six years later, Rome is finally ready to unleash Her vengeance on the barbarians. The Emperor Tiberius has sent Germanicus Caesar, his adopted son, into Germania with an army of 40,000 legionaries. They come not on a mission of conquest, but one of annihilation. With them is a young Legionary named Artorius. For him, the war is a personal vendettaa chance to avenge his brother, who was killed in Teutoburger Wald. In Germania, Arminius knows the Romans are coming. He realizes that the only way to fight the Romans is through deceit, cunning, and plenty of well-placed brute force. In truth, he is leery of Germanicus, knowing that he was trained to be a master of war by the Emperor himself. The entire Roman Empire held its breath as Germanicus and Arminius faced each other in what would become the most brutal and savage campaign the world had seen in a generation; a campaign that could only end in a holocaust of fire and blood.
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 Gritty, down in the trenches realism August 10, 2008
Jared Binder (MI, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Most contemporary Roman historical fiction deals with the famous (and sometimes infamous) figures at the top of the hierarchy of ancient Rome: Caesar, Cicero, Augustus, etc.... In " Soldier of Rome " Mr. Mace gives us a realistic glimpse into what it must have been like to train, camp and fight alongside some of historys' most respected soldiers. I have read much about the ancient Roman military and find a great wealth of fascinating tactical detail that other authors have neglected. Some readers have been off-put by the poor editing, but you shouldn't let the errors detract from what is a gritty, realistic look at the units, training, fighting techniques and tactic of the Roman military machine.
 Mace Misses June 20, 2008
David B. Turner (Delaware)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
James Mace seems to know his stuff about the inter workings of the Roman
Legions .His descriptions of battle maneuvers made during action , were very clear . He makes it very clear that the campaign,six years after
the Teutoburger Wald disaster , was a campaign of annihlation of the German tribes, not conquest .
Yet the book reads like a history book . Make a battle plan . Go fight
the battle .Go back to the fort and take a bath and wait for another plan.
Take a bath and talk about Bar Maids ,then go fight again .
Character development is weak ,and dialog between characters is droll and
empty .I just did'nt find myself caring about the characters much .
Anyway ,the book didn't leave me looking forward to reading anything else
James Mace writes .Hopefully his next try will be better .
D.Turner
 Soldier of Rome: The Legionary: A novel of the XX legion June 13, 2008
The Scotsman (LA, USA)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I wish I had paid more attention to the negative reviews by previous readers. This book is well intentioned, but, as written by Mr. Mace, and edited by some rank amateur, it is not worth the price that I paid for it, nor the time that I spent on it. The writing is pedestrian at best, and the number of egregious errors in grammer and spelling are frankly pathetic. To be honest, I gave up reading this "epic" after only a few chapters. I understand that Mr. Mace has now written a sequel. I would not waste any more of my valuable time or money on his efforts.
Unreadable May 25, 2008
J. C. Ziegler (new york city)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Flooded with bad grammar, cliches (e.g., "To effectively rule (ugh) an Empire required an Emperor"), incorrect word usage and just plain bad writing, this book also includes word for word phrase repetitions just sentences apart, (e.g., page 8: 'he...found some stray branches with which to pull himself out" followed by "he...found some stray branches with which to pull himself out" all of two sentences later). Throw in historical errors (e.g., page 23: "no one could remember a time when a single Eagle had been taken". Several eagle standards had been taken by the Parthians at Carrhae in 53 BC, sixty-two years earlier). Add innumerable spelling errors (board sighs, reigns of power, waiving of swords, pouring over maps, etc. ad nauseam) and you have a thoroughly unreadable mess.
To round out his insults to his readers, in his Acknowledgements, the author indulges in self-congratulatory sentiments and thanks God for granting him "the gift, my ability to write". God willing, no more books from Mr. Mace.
Soldier of Rome: The Legionary: A novel of the Twentieth Legion during the campaigns of Germanicus Caesar April 20, 2008
Roger D. Gassett (South Windsor, CT)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Simply Amazing, James Mace is an extraordinary writer. He is one of my top 10 favorites. I rank him up there with the likes of Simon "The Emperor" Scarrow, Conn Iggulden, Michael Curtis Ford, Steven Pressfield. I simply loved the first book, I was am typing this, I am currently reading the 2nd one. So far Mr Mace, you have out done yourself again. All i have to say is Keep them Coming, never stop, You are extremely talented. Thank you
Roger "Commander Rapax" Gassett
"Dominius Latronius Domanarus (Maximus Rex):
An Elder HighBorn: Latronii Domanaruses: Gens Latronia"
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