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LEGIONS IN CRISIS: TRANSFORMATION OF THE ROMAN SOLDIER, AD 192-284

By Paul Elliot

Fonthill Media Limited, 2014

ISBN: 978-1781553343

Elliot explores the changes which occurred in the legions during the third century AD and the challenges they faced in terms of funding, training and the lack of a secure centralized empire.

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