Cleopatra's Kidnappers
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Cleopatra's Kidnappers

How Caesars Sixth Legion Gave Egypt to Rome and Rome to Caesar

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Cleopatra's Kidnappers

How Caesars Sixth Legion Gave Egypt to Rome and Rome to Caesar

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A powerful tale of war, romance, and one of history's most desperate gamblesJulius Caesar was nothing if not bold. When, in the wake of his defeat of Pompey at Pharsalus his victorious legions refused to march another step under his command, he pursued his fleeing rival into Egypt with an impossibly small force of Gallic and German cavalry, raw Italian recruits, and nine hundred Spanish prisoners of war-tough veterans of Pompey's Sixth Legion.Cleopatra's Kidnappers tells the epic saga of Caesar's adventures in Egypt through the eyes of these captured, but never defeated, legionaries. In this third volume in his definitive history of the Roman legions, Stephen Dando-Collins reveals how this tiny band of fierce warriors led Caesar's little army to great victories against impossible odds. Bristling with action and packed with insights and newly revealed facts, this eye-opening account introduces you to the extraordinary men who made possible Caesar's famous boast, "I came, I saw, I conquered."Praise for Caesar's Legion"A unique and splendidly researched story, following the trials and triumphs of Julius Caesar's Legio X.... More than a mere unit account, it incorporates the history of Rome and the Roman army at the height of their power and gory glory. Many military historians consider Caesar's legions the world's most efficient infantry before the arrival of gunpowder. This book shows why. Written in readable, popular style, Caesar's Legion is a must for military buffs and anyone interested in Roman history at a critical point in European civilization."
-T. R. Fehrenbach author of This Kind of War, Lone Star, and Comanches

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Publisher
Trade Paper Press
Year
2010
ISBN
9781118040454
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Roman Ancient History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Also by Stephen Dando-Collins
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. ATLAS
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. AUTHOR’S NOTE
  7. Introduction
  8. I - LAST STAND IN ALEXANDRIA
  9. II - TRAPPED
  10. III - ACCORDING TO BRUTUS
  11. IV - THE DEAL
  12. V - CLEOPATRA’S WAR
  13. VI - MARK ANTONY, RULER OF ROME
  14. VII - SAILING INTO HISTORY
  15. VIII - EGYPTIAN RESISTANCE
  16. IX - THE KIDNAP
  17. X - CAESAR’S BABY
  18. XI - DEFEAT AND CASTRATION
  19. XII - REINFORCEMENTS
  20. XIII - TAKING THE ISLAND
  21. XIV - RELEASING THE KING
  22. XV - THE RELIEF COLUMN
  23. XVI - BATTLE ON THE NILE
  24. XVII - TO THE VICTOR, THE SPOILS
  25. XVIII - GOING AFTER PHARNACES
  26. XIX - THE CHARIOTS OF ZELA
  27. XX - THE ROMAN TRIUMPHS OF THE 6TH
  28. XXI - ONE LAST BATTLE
  29. XXII - PORCIA’S SECRET
  30. XXIII - AFTER THE MURDER
  31. XXIV - THE WOLF’S TWINS
  32. XXV - THE IMPERIAL 6THS
  33. APPENDIX A
  34. APPENDIX B
  35. APPENDIX C
  36. GLOSSARY
  37. INDEX