TIBERIUS CLAUDIUS MAXIMUS: THE CAVALRYMAN TIBERIUS CLAUDIUS MAXIMUS: THE LEGIONARY

by Peter Connolly ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 4, 1989

An author/illustrator of several books on the ancient world draws a detailed picture of life in the Imperial Roman army via informed speculation about one soldier who actually existed. The inspiration for this two-volume work comes from the 1965 discovery of a tombstone naming a figure on Rome's Trajan Column, identifying the soldier who captured a Dacian leader nearly 2000 years ago. Using archaeological records, Connolly traces the life of Maximus as depicted by artifacts left from his time, giving information about the training, gear, weapons, and battle tactics of the military in the first century A.D., as well as about customs and daily life. The Legionary discusses the role of the foot soldier in the Roman army, covering Maximus' life through early battles against the Dacians; The Cavalryman is about the cavalry's defeat and capture of Decebalus, the Dacian leader, and the final days of Maximus and his emperor, Trajan. Information is provided in two-page spreads, each containing a central illustration surrounded by related facts in inserts: interesting but distracting. Nevertheless, Connolly provides a great deal of information to the young reader interested in Roman history. Index. Paper over boards.

Pub Date: May 4, 1989

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: 32

Publisher: Oxford Univ. Press

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 15, 1989

Categories: CHILDREN'S