Aids

The links to the right (dextra) provide access to:
other reenactment groups,
suppliers, and sites of interest.

There is also a list of
ancient as well as modern source material on the Roman Army.
Reenactment Groups

Legio XXX Ulpia Traiana Victrix Onlus - www.legioxxx.com
This is the site of the 30th Legion in Italy. The Centurio can be contacted at 
ivnivs.caelio.severus@legioxxx.

Legio III Flavia Felix, Cohort I - www.geocities.com/legio_xxx_30th
Originally founded by Matthew Lanteigne as Cohort I LXXX. It operates out of the Niagara Peninsula ON, Canada.

Legio XXX Cohort  III - http:/www.legiotricesima.org
Founded by Lee Holeva, Cohort III is located in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Legio XXI  Rapa
x http://deathbird-armouries.dyndns.biz/legioxxi/index.html
Founded by Phillip Vautour, Saint John, New Brunswick

Legio X Fretensis (Cohort IV
) http://home.surewest.net/fif/index9.htm

Supplier
s

Tandy Leather C
o. (Horse World Emporium) - Canada's leading supplier of leather and leathercrafts. This is the cornicularius legionis' supplier for vegetable tanned leather, oils,and  leather tools.   The store is located at 27 Maywood Ave, St. Catharines, Ontario, or e-mail them at: [email protected]a

Tandy Leather
: - www.tandyleather.ca
The Tandy Leather Company has been in business since 1919 and has over 82 locations in the USA and Canada. Visit the company website for outlet details or to order a product catalogu
e.

Sites of Interes
t

Principia Legioni
s - www.principialegionis.org
This site has information on the Roman arm
y.

The Roman Baetica Route
: - www.beticaromana.org
The Roman Baetica Route, established in 1997 by Andalusia's Department of Tourism, showcases 13 cities in three Spanish provinces traversed by the via Augusta. It was launched in conjunction with the European Union's "Roman Routes of the Mediterranean" Project.  (Carmona  Spain; Tel: 954-19 09 55; Fax: 954 19 00 8
0).

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Ancient Sources of Information on the Roman Army

Mid Republican Army

Polybius: 200-118 B.C. He was a soldier who was captured after the battle of Pydna and sent to Rome where he became the tutor of the children of Aemilius Paullus. Polybius was present with Scipio Aemilianus when he laid siege to Carthage in 147-6 B.C. As a writer he strove to be impartial, and he authored the 40 book Historiae which chronicled the rise of Rome from 220-146 B.C. His writings capture valuable data regarding the legions, their composition, equipment and camps.
Livy: 59 B.C. - 12 A.D. A Roman historian who wrote the Ab Urbe Condita, a 142 book history of Rome to 9 B.C.
Appian: d. 160 A.D. Born in Alexandria, he was an imperial bureaucrat who composed a 24 volume history of Roman conquests, the Romaica. His writings covered the period up to and including the reign of Vespasianus.
Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (Plutarch): 50-120 A.D. A Greek, philosopher who composed many works including over 50 biographies (Vitae).

Professional Army

Julius Caesar: His Gallic Wars provide an excellent source of information about the military while on campaign.
Gaius/Publius Cornelius Tacitus: 56-117 A.D. He was a Gaul and son-in-law to Agricola, whose biography (De Vita Julii Agricolae) he wrote. Tacitus authored the 16 book Annales (from the death of Augustus to the demise of Nero) and the 14 book Historiae (from the death of Nero to the end of Domitian's reign). His other work is Germania.
Josephus: 37-95 A.D. He was a Jewish historian and Pharisee who was born in Jerusalem. He participated in the Jewish Revolt and later wrote a 7 book history of the conflict called Bellum Iudaicum. His description of the Roman army is as detailed and informative as that of Polybius. He authored several other works including his own autobiography.
Ammianus Marcellinus: 325-395 A.D. A Praetorian Guard officer, he was born in Antioch and fought in a number of engagements. He composed the 31 book Restrum Gestarum Libri, which started where Tacitus' works left off and covered the years 96-378. His writings describe sieges, invasions and raids.

Military Manuals

Sextus Julius Frontinus: 30-104 A.D. He was a consul of Rome and later the governor of Britannia prior to Agricola. He composed works on the water supply in Rome and land surveying. His 4 book Stratagemata on military science was published in 84 A.D.
Flavius Arrianus Xenophon (Arrian): 85-190 A.D. He was born in Nicomedia. As a soldier he served under Trajan and commanded troops during his Parthian Campaign in the Darial Pass in the Caucasus. He was proconsul of Baetica under Hadrian and later governor of Cappadocia before retiring. He authored books on the lectures of stoic philosophers, the art of hunting, a navigational guide, a history of Alexander the Great, various military campaigns and the Ars Tactica (this later work being a cavalry guide).
Pseudo-Hyginus: De Muntionibus Castrorum is a book about military camp layouts that was written sometime between the 1st and fourth centuries. It has been attributed to Gaius Julius Hyginus (64 B.C. - 17 A.D.), but authorship is unknown.
Flavius Vegetius Renatus: A fourth century author, he is credited with writing De Re Militari, also known as Epitoma Rei Militaris, concerning the military.

Modern Reference Works

The Roman Army

The Complete Roman Army Goldsworthy, Adrian. Thames & Hudson Ltd., London; 2003
The Imperial Roman Army (of the First and Second Centuries A.D.) Webster, Graham. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman; 1998
The Roman Legions Parker, H.M.D. Dorset Press, N.Y. (reprint of [1928] 1957 second edition); 1992
The Roman Legions Recreated in Colour Photographs Peterson, Daniel, The Crowood Press Ltd., Wiltshire (Eng.); 2001
Roman Warfare Goldsworthy, Adrian Cassell & Co., London (Eng.); 2000
Rome at War (Caesar and his Legacy) Gilliver, Kate, Goldsworthy, Adrian, Whitby, Michael. Osprey Publishing, Oxford (Eng.); 2005
Warriors of Rome Simkins, Michael, Blandford, London (Eng.); 1988
Roman Military Signalling
Woolliscroft, D.I. Tempus Publishing Inc., Charleston, S.C.; 2001
Building a Roman Legionary Fortress Shirley, Elizabeth. Arcadia Publishing Inc. (a Division of Tempus), Charleston S.C.; 2001.

Ancient Warfare

Ancient & Medieval Warfare May, Elmer, Stadler, Gerald P., Votaw, John F. (Department of History, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York) Avery Publishing Group Inc., Wayne, N.J.; 1984
Warfare in the Classical World Wary, John. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman; 1995
Roman CavalryTraining the Roman Cavalry (From Arrian's Ars Tactica) Hyland, Ann. Sutton Publishing Limited, Gloucestershire (Eng.); 1993

Roman Life

Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome Adkins, Lesley and Adkins, Roy A. Oxford University Press, New York; 1994
As the Romans Did Shelton, Jo-Ann. Oxford University Press; 1998
Growing Up and Growing Old in Ancient Rome Harlow, Mary and Laurence, Ray; Routlage, London (Eng.); 2002
The Ancient City - Life in Classical Athens & Rome Connolly, Peter and Dodge, Hazel. Oxford University Press, Shanghai; 2001
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