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Vintage paperback
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1 author picked The Three Legions as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Published in the 1950s, at first glance The Three Legions looks like unashamed pulp, but it certainly deserves to be remembered.
The story itself follows what was known of the battle at the time via the tribune Claudius Cinna – a thinly disguised Lucius Eggius. While the archaeology can feel dated, the writing rises above pulp. Solon himself was a tail gunner in the US airforce in World War II and both the depictions of army life as well as the descriptions of battle are particularly vivid.
From Adrian's list on the Roman Empire’s defeat at the Battle of Teutoburg Forest.
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