Battle, Tactics, and the Emergence of the Limites in the West

A Companion to the Roman Army

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 218-234

  Thorne, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Battle; Dispositions; Emergenc; Equipment; Tactics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871333968     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470996577.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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