EDITORIAL - Fleshing out a theme
Putting together a magazine theme is an odd balancing act. On the one hand, there are a few dozen pages to play with — enough to give your readers an introduction with some selective depth. On the other, the articles have to be able to stand on their own. A theme is not a tiny book with separate chapters. In some cases, it fits exactly in the allotted space. And sometimes, oh boy, you wish you had a bookcase.
It probably comes as no surprise that in this case, I wish it was the latter. In our 'Rise of the Legion' series, we've now arrived at the early Imperial legion. This is the era where our sources switch, in a way. Though we still have
