By Raffaele D'Amato & Andrea Salimbeti, illustrated by Andrei Negin
ISBN: 978-1472850980
Osprey (2023) – £14.99
The latest release in Osprey's Elite series covers the ‘dark’ period of postRoman Britain and Gaul following the collapse of Roman control in those provinces. There was a great deal of continuity between late-Roman Gaul and Britain and the post-Roman period; new cultures did not immediately assert themselves, nor did old cultures reassert themselves, and equipment remained largely the same. Tactics and even organization may have and command remained in the hands of a – both Roman terms. The authors point out that the term ‘sub-Roman’ is therefore sometimes more appropriate than ‘post-Roman’.
