Caesar's Legion: The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar's Elite Tenth Legion and the Armies of Rome

Table of contents

• Title Page *
• Contents iii
• Atlas v
• Acknowledgments xiii
• Author's Note xv
• I - Staring Defeat in the Face 1
• II - Impatient for Glory 6
• III - Savaging the Swiss, Overrunning the Germans 13
• IV - Conquering Gaul 24
• V - Invading Britain 30
• VI - Revolt and Revenge 50
• VII - Enemy of the State 65
• VIII - Broken Promises 76
• IX - The Race for DurrËs 90
• X - A Taste of Defeat 98
• XI - The Battle of Pharsalus 113
• XII - The Sour Taste of Victory 130
• XIII - The Murder of Pompey the Great 138
• XIV - The Power of a Single Word 144
• XV - The North African Campaign 149
• XVI - Caesar's Last Battle 165
• XVII - Mark Antony's Men 179
• XVIII - Philippi and Actium 183
• XIX - In the Name of the Emperor 195
• XX - Knocked into Shape by Corbulo 205
• XXI - Orders from the Emperor 217
• XXII - Objective Jerusalem 224
• XXIII - The End of the Holy City 238
• XXIV - Masada 258
• XXV - Last Days 265
• Appendix A - The Legions of Rome, 30 B.C.—a.D. 233 269
• Appendix B - The Reenlistment Factor 273
• Appendix C - The Uniqueness of the Legion Commands in Egypt and Judea 277
• Appendix D - The Naming and Numbering System of the Roman Legions 281
• Appendix E - The Title “fretensis” 285
• Appendix F - Imperial Roman Military Ranks and Their Modern-Day Equivalents 287
• Appendix G - Sources 291
• Glossary 303
• Index 309

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